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WORKSHOP BOOK Fluorescent in Situ Hybridisation - FISH - on Human Sperm

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The most frequent structural alterati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

humans and am<strong>on</strong>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>fertile males<br />

Carriers produce more unbalanced<br />

spermatozoa than normal or balanced<br />

spermatozoa (Moretti et al, 2009)<br />

55% of the gametes produced by carriers<br />

will be unbalanced (Bennet et al, 2005)<br />

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Roberts<strong>on</strong>ian Translocati<strong>on</strong><br />

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Carriers show impaired gametogenesis<br />

to a variable degree<br />

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66% of the gametes are expected to be<br />

unbalanced; average of 15% is observed<br />

Frydman et al, 2001; Ogur et al, 2006<br />

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