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It is estimated that mutations in up to 11% of all genes in Drosophila might lead to male sterility [ 1 ] . This is likely to be true for humans also, considering the extremely high incidence (4-5%) of infertility in men [ 2 ] . Among the genes associated with male infertility is the DAZ (Deleted in Azoospermia) gene family.
For example, 4-AP could exacerbate abnormal steroid hormone profiles associated with spinal cord injury and multiple sclerosis, and thereby contribute to dysmenorrhea and infertility [ 69 70 ] .
Development of the male genitalia is largely controlled by cells in the urogenital mesenchyme that express androgen receptors (AR) [ 1 2 ] . Germline mutations of the AR gene produce a spectrum of developmental abnormalities in 46,XY individuals ranging from infertility or mild hypospadias to complete feminization, which are collectively referred to as the androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS).
We now have good evidence, as Coyne and Orr emphasize, that at least in animals, hybrid infertility is caused by differences in gene action, not by structural chromosome differences or failure of meiosis.
First, the patients were studied in an andrology clinic for infertility and thus are not an unselected sample of the general population.