Aspects of mitochondrial DNA mutations in relation to human male fertilising potential

Fertilisation is a chance event dependent on, amongst other things, the number, motility, and physical characteristics of sperm. There is a strong link: between ATP production and sperm motility. The mitochondrially encoded OXPHOS ATP production pathway provides ATP for sperm motility. Thirteen poly...

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Main Author: Holyoake, Andrew John
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Zoology 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/6793