Mutation Causes Sperm Production to Halt (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Mutation Causes Sperm Production to Halt

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A biopsy of the testis of an infertile man, who had a mutation in the TEX11 gene, shows the precursors of sperm, but no mature sperm.

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University of Pennsylvania

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