Infertility is becoming increasingly common, affecting one in six people globally. Half of
these cases can be attributed to male factors, many driven by abnormalities in the process of …

Tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri chinensis) share a close relationship to primates and have
been widely used in biomedical research. We previously established a spermatogonial stem …

Oligoasthenoteratozoospermia is an important factor affecting male fertility and has been
found to be associated with genetic factors. However, there are still a proportion of …

Oligozoospermia and azoospermia are two common phenotypes of male infertility
characterized by massive sperm defects owing to failure of spermatogenesis. The …

Inner dynein arms (IDAs) are formed from a protein complex that is essential for appropriate
flagellar bending and beating. IDA defects have previously been linked to the incidence of …

Here, we identified the causal mutation in the MRX20 family, one of the larger X-linked
pedigrees that have been described in which no gene had been identified up till now. In …

Small noncoding RNAs (snRNAs) such as short interfering RNAs (siRNAs), microRNAs
(miRNAs), and PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) play important roles in diverse cellular …