09 February 2024
Stopping Swimming
A newly discovered genetic mutation in the CCDC146 gene affects microtubules [proteins that form a cell's inner structure] to cause sperm tail abnormality, a cause of male infertility
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- Image from work by Jana Muroňová and colleagues
- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, (IAB), INSERM 1209, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, (IAB) CNRS UMR 5309, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, (IAB) Université Grenoble Alpes, France
- Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in eLife, January 2024
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