The Activation of DNA Damage Detection and Repair Responses in Cleavage-Stage Rat Embryos by a Damaged Paternal Genome

Male germ cell DNA damage, after exposure to radiation, exogenous chemicals, or chemotherapeutic agents, is a major cause of male infertility. DNA-damaged spermatozoa can fertilize oocytes; this is of concern because there is limited information on the capacity of early embryos to repair a damaged m...

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Main Authors: Grenier, Lisanne, Robaire, Bernard, Hales, Barbara F.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3355317/