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13/14 translocation in a man with reproductive failure

Mitotic and meiotic studies

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An inherited (maternal origin) 13/14 translocation with the nucleolus organizer regions eliminated and one centromere was found in an oligospermic man whose wife had had two spontaneous abortions. Meiotic studies revealed all stages of spermatogenesis with a trivalent configuration in diakinesis. Possible reasons for his subfertility and his mother's normal fertility are discussed.

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  1. Faculty of Stomatology and Medicine, Institute of Biology and Human Genetics, 11000, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

    Miroslava D. Mićić & Jovanka G. Nikoliš

  2. Faculty of Medicine, Urology Clinic, Generala Ždanova 51, 11000, Belgrade, Yugoslavia

    Sava R. Mićić

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Mićić, M.D., Nikoliš, J.G. & Mićić, S.R. 13/14 translocation in a man with reproductive failure. Hum. Genet. 55, 137–139 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00329142

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