(eBook) Genetic Damage in Human Spermatozoa 2nd Edition by Baldi

This is the PDF eBook version for Genetic Damage in Human Spermatozoa 2nd Edition by Elisabetta Baldi, Monica Muratori

Table of Contents

Genetic factors affecting sperm chromatin structure.- Mechanisms of origin of chromosome deletions and rearrangements in spermatozoa.- The sperm epigenome: implications for ART outcomes.- Epigenetic transgenerational inheritance.- Environmental genetic and epigenetic sperm alterations.- Sperm DNA fragmentation: mechanisms of origin.- Sperm DNA fragmentation: consequences for reproduction.- Oxidative damage to sperm DNA: attack and defence.- Interventions to prevent sperm DNA damage effects on reproduction.-Cryopreservation of sperm: effects on chromatin and strategies to prevent them.- Effect on sperm DNA quality following sperm selection for ART: new insights.- Sperm DNA damage in cancer patients.- Index.