About 15% of couples have reduced fertility and in approximately one-half of all cases the
reason is male infertility, usually of genetic origin. Thus, in the context of research in genes …

Normal sperm production (spermatogenesis), maturation (spermiogenesis), delivery to and
passage through the female genital tract (ejaculation and sperm transport), and function …

The important role of genetic abnormalities in the causation of human male infertility is
increasingly recognized. While much remains to be learned in this fast moving field …

Worldwide, of couples trying for a child, 2–7% fail to conceive. Extensive screening
programmes of men attending infertility clinics show that chromosomal and gene disorders …

[Frontiers in Bioscience 19, 291-303, January 1, 2014] 291 Genetic and molecular
diagnostics of male infertility in the clinical Page 1 [Frontiers in Bioscience 19, 291-303 …

Male infertility, affecting around half of the couples with a problem to get pregnant, is a very
heterogeneous condition. Part of patients are having a defect in spermatogenesis of which …

Abstract Male infertility affects approximately 2-7% of couples around the world. Over one in
ten men who seek help at infertility clinics are diagnosed as severely oligospermic or …

Purpose: Greater than 10% of couples are unable to achieve pregnancy. In at least 30% to
50% of these infertility cases a male factor abnormality is involved. Genetic defects are …

Male and female infertility affects close to 50 million couples worldwide according to a recent
World Health Organization estimate. Many of the 25-30% of couples with idiopathic infertility …

Among the 10% or so of men who are diagnosed as oligo-or azoospermic in the absence of
any physical obstruction, research is now showing that between 8 and 15% carry a …