Preliminary study of the relationship between DAZ gene copy deletions and spermatogenic impairment in Chinese men

Abstract

Copy deletion screening of DAZ gene family on the Y chromosome in 485 patients with idiopathic azoospermia or oligozoospermia and 236 fertile men revealed that the prevalence of deletion patterns of the entire DAZ gene and DAZ1/DAZ2 gene were significantly higher in the patients than in fertile men. The deletion patterns correlate with spermatogenic impairment in a Chinese population.