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Familial complex chromosome rearrangement (CCR) involving 5 breakpoints on chromosomes 1, 3 and 13 in a severe oligozoospermic patient

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We thank Dr. Jiahui Xia (State key laboratory of Medical Genetics of China) for his excellent advice.

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    Lin Li, Xueyuan Heng, Shuqi Zheng & Jixia Zhang

  2. School of life science, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei Province, 071002, China

    Wang Yun & Wufang Fan

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An infertile male with severe oligozoospermia was inherited a complex chromosomal rearrangement involving 5 breakpoints and 3 chromosomes (1, 3 and 13) from his mother and detected no Y-chromosome microdeletions.

This work was supported by Shandong Province Plan for Tackle Key Problems in Science and Technology (No. 2008GG10002063) and Hebei University for Initiating Research Project of Introducing Talented Teachers (No.2011-216).

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Li, L., Heng, X., Yun, W. et al. Familial complex chromosome rearrangement (CCR) involving 5 breakpoints on chromosomes 1, 3 and 13 in a severe oligozoospermic patient. J Assist Reprod Genet 30, 423–429 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10815-013-9934-z

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