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The range of variability in the population distribution characteristics of sperm DNA content was surveyed in a selected group of donors. The donors included identical twins, carriers of translocations and oligospermics. The DNA contents of sperm was measured individually in an fluorimeter. In contrast to normal donors with high sperm counts and relatively constant modal values of sperm DNA, the balanced carriers of translocations were oligospermic and showed wide dispersion of modal values. This is an unexpected finding, since reciprocal events events in the segregation of balanced translocations should not alter modal values of sperm DNA nor should they be associated with oligospermia, independent of its association association with translocation, vary over a wide range. It is possible that genitic factor(s), unrelated to chromosome translocation control sperm DNA content.
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Sarkar, S., Jones, C., Centerwall, W. et al. POPULATION HETEROGENEITY IN JUTMAN SPERM DNA CONTENT. Pediatr Res 11, 463 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197704000-00558
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197704000-00558