Gene Mutations Associated with Male Infertility
Journal: InTech eBooks
Year: 2012

Infertility is a complex medical problem for several reasons. It is very frequent, since about 15% of couples worldwide fail to conceive, the male factor being involved in roughly 50% of cases. Secondly, the background of male infertility seems extremely heterogeneous including many environmental causes. Thirdly, in as many as 30% of individuals, the origin of infertility remains unknown Chromosomal aberrations involving an abnormal number or structure of sex chromosomes or autosomes are found i