But about 20 percent of male infertility cases now have no identifiable cause. The newly discovered mutation could account for a majority of those, said Charles Bevins, one of the senior authors of the paper and a professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology.
don't know what the selective advantage for [people with just one copy] might be, said Dr. Charles Bevins, professor of medical microbiology and immunology at UC-Davis, another of the study's authors, speculating that it could possibly help sperm swim better or otherwise improve their quality.
Date: Jul 20, 2011
Category: Health
Source: Google
Defect in Sperm Cloaking Protein May Explain Male Infertility
"This is the kind of discovery that makes scientists almost giddy with excitement," said Charles Bevins, the study author and a microbiologist at the University of California, Davis, said today during a conference call.
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