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Xu H, Zhang Y, Wang C, Fu Z, Lv J, Yang Y, Zhang Z, Qi Y, Meng K, Yuan J, Wang X. Research progress on the fanconi anemia signaling pathway in non-obstructive azoospermia. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024; 15:1393111. [PMID: 38846492 PMCID: PMC11153779 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1393111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) is a disease characterized by spermatogenesis failure and comprises phenotypes such as hypospermatogenesis, mature arrest, and Sertoli cell-only syndrome. Studies have shown that FA cross-linked anemia (FA) pathway is closely related to the occurrence of NOA. There are FA gene mutations in male NOA patients, which cause significant damage to male germ cells. The FA pathway is activated in the presence of DNA interstrand cross-links; the key step in activating this pathway is the mono-ubiquitination of the FANCD2-FANCI complex, and the activation of the FA pathway can repair DNA damage such as DNA double-strand breaks. Therefore, we believe that the FA pathway affects germ cells during DNA damage repair, resulting in minimal or even disappearance of mature sperm in males. This review summarizes the regulatory mechanisms of FA-related genes in male azoospermia, with the aim of providing a theoretical reference for clinical research and exploration of related genes.
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- Haohui Xu
- Lin He’s Academician Workstation of New Medicine and Clinical Translation, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
- College of Second Clinical Medical, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Lin He’s Academician Workstation of New Medicine and Clinical Translation, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
- College of Second Clinical Medical, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Lin He’s Academician Workstation of New Medicine and Clinical Translation, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
- College of Second Clinical Medical, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Lin He’s Academician Workstation of New Medicine and Clinical Translation, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
- College of Clinical Medicine, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Lin He’s Academician Workstation of New Medicine and Clinical Translation, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
- College of Clinical Medicine, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Lin He’s Academician Workstation of New Medicine and Clinical Translation, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
- College of Mental Health, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Lin He’s Academician Workstation of New Medicine and Clinical Translation, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
- College of Second Clinical Medical, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Lin He’s Academician Workstation of New Medicine and Clinical Translation, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
- College of Clinical Medicine, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Lin He’s Academician Workstation of New Medicine and Clinical Translation, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- Lin He’s Academician Workstation of New Medicine and Clinical Translation, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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- College of Basic Medicine, Jining Medical University, Jining, China
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Seyedin A, Kazeroun MH, Namipashaki A, Qobadi-Nasr S, Zamanian M, Ansari-Pour N. Association of MSY haplotype background with nonobstructive azoospermia is AZF-dependent: A case-control study. Andrologia 2021; 53:e13946. [PMID: 33386637 DOI: 10.1111/and.13946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Identifying causal genes of spermatogenic failure on the male-specific region of Y chromosome (MSY) has been a challenging process. Due to the nonrecombining nature of MSY, haplotype-based approaches have recently been shown to be promising in identifying associated MSY haplogroups. We conducted an MSY analysis of nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA) patients in a case-control setting (N = 278 and 105 respectively) to identify modal haplogroups strongly associated with NOA. Patients with AZF deletions (AZF+) and no AZF deletions (AZF-) were compared with the control group. Given the larger sample set of AZF- NOA patients, we further investigated the association based on histopathological severity, namely Sertoli cell-only syndrome and maturation arrest subtypes. We observed no significant enrichment of MSY haplogroups in AZF- azoospermic patients (or its subtypes). However, we observed a strongly significant association between haplogroup J2a* and AZF+ patients (FDR-corrected p = .0056; OR = 7.02, 95%CI 1.89 to 39.20), a haplogroup which also showed significant enrichment for AZFa/b deletions (p = 4x10-4 ). We conclude that unlike AZF+ patients, AZF- NOA are less likely to have an MSY causative factor with large effect size, thus indicating that the aetiology of AZF- NOA, and to some extent AZFc NOA, is more likely to be based on non-MSY factors.
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- Atieh Seyedin
- Department of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and the School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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- Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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Cerván-Martín M, Bossini-Castillo L, Rivera-Egea R, Garrido N, Luján S, Romeu G, Santos-Ribeiro S, IVIRMA Group, Lisbon Clinical Group, Castilla JA, Gonzalvo MC, Clavero A, Vicente FJ, Guzmán-Jiménez A, Costa C, Llinares-Burguet I, Khantham C, Burgos M, Barrionuevo FJ, Jiménez R, Sánchez-Curbelo J, López-Rodrigo O, Peraza MF, Pereira-Caetano I, Marques PI, Carvalho F, Barros A, Bassas L, Seixas S, Gonçalves J, Larriba S, Lopes AM, Palomino-Morales RJ, Carmona FD. Evaluation of Male Fertility-Associated Loci in a European Population of Patients with Severe Spermatogenic Impairment. J Pers Med 2020; 11:22. [PMID: 33383876 PMCID: PMC7823507 DOI: 10.3390/jpm11010022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2020] [Revised: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Infertility is a growing concern in developed societies. Two extreme phenotypes of male infertility are non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) and severe oligospermia (SO), which are characterized by severe spermatogenic failure (SpF). We designed a genetic association study comprising 725 Iberian infertile men as a consequence of SpF and 1058 unaffected controls to evaluate whether five single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), previously associated with reduced fertility in Hutterites, are also involved in the genetic susceptibility to idiopathic SpF and specific clinical entities. A significant difference in the allele frequencies of USP8-rs7174015 was observed under the recessive model between the NOA group and both the control group (p = 0.0226, OR = 1.33) and the SO group (p = 0.0048, OR = 1.78). Other genetic associations for EPSTI1-rs12870438 and PSAT1-rs7867029 with SO and between TUSC1-rs10966811 and testicular sperm extraction (TESE) success in the context of NOA were observed. In silico analysis of functional annotations demonstrated cis-eQTL effects of such SNPs likely due to the modification of binding motif sites for relevant transcription factors of the spermatogenic process. The findings reported here shed light on the molecular mechanisms leading to severe phenotypes of idiopathic male infertility, and may help to better understand the contribution of the common genetic variation to the development of these conditions.
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- Miriam Cerván-Martín
- Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain; (M.C.-M.); (L.B.-C.); (A.G.-J.); (I.L.-B.); (M.B.); (F.J.B.); (R.J.)
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, 18012 Granada, Spain; (J.A.C.); (M.C.G.); (A.C.); (F.J.V.)
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- Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain; (M.C.-M.); (L.B.-C.); (A.G.-J.); (I.L.-B.); (M.B.); (F.J.B.); (R.J.)
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, 18012 Granada, Spain; (J.A.C.); (M.C.G.); (A.C.); (F.J.V.)
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- Andrology Laboratory and Sperm Bank, IVIRMA Valencia, 46015 Valencia, Spain;
- IVI Foundation, Health Research Institute La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain;
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- IVI Foundation, Health Research Institute La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain;
- Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe e Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (IIS La Fe), 46026 Valencia, Spain; (S.L.); (G.R.)
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- Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe e Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (IIS La Fe), 46026 Valencia, Spain; (S.L.); (G.R.)
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- Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitari i Politecnic La Fe e Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe (IIS La Fe), 46026 Valencia, Spain; (S.L.); (G.R.)
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- IVI-RMA Lisbon, 1800-282 Lisbon, Portugal;
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lisbon, 1649-028 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, 18012 Granada, Spain; (J.A.C.); (M.C.G.); (A.C.); (F.J.V.)
- Unidad de Reproducción, UGC Obstetricia y Ginecología, HU Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
- CEIFER Biobanco—NextClinics, 18004 Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, 18012 Granada, Spain; (J.A.C.); (M.C.G.); (A.C.); (F.J.V.)
- Unidad de Reproducción, UGC Obstetricia y Ginecología, HU Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, 18012 Granada, Spain; (J.A.C.); (M.C.G.); (A.C.); (F.J.V.)
- Unidad de Reproducción, UGC Obstetricia y Ginecología, HU Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, 18012 Granada, Spain; (J.A.C.); (M.C.G.); (A.C.); (F.J.V.)
- UGC de Urología, HU Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain; (M.C.-M.); (L.B.-C.); (A.G.-J.); (I.L.-B.); (M.B.); (F.J.B.); (R.J.)
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto (I3S), 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; (C.C.); (P.I.M.); (F.C.); (A.B.); (S.S.); (A.M.L.)
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain; (M.C.-M.); (L.B.-C.); (A.G.-J.); (I.L.-B.); (M.B.); (F.J.B.); (R.J.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand;
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- Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain; (M.C.-M.); (L.B.-C.); (A.G.-J.); (I.L.-B.); (M.B.); (F.J.B.); (R.J.)
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- Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain; (M.C.-M.); (L.B.-C.); (A.G.-J.); (I.L.-B.); (M.B.); (F.J.B.); (R.J.)
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- Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain; (M.C.-M.); (L.B.-C.); (A.G.-J.); (I.L.-B.); (M.B.); (F.J.B.); (R.J.)
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- Laboratory of Seminology and Embryology, Andrology Service-Fundació Puigvert, 08025 Barcelona, Spain; (J.S.-C.); (O.L.-R.); (M.F.P.); (L.B.)
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- Laboratory of Seminology and Embryology, Andrology Service-Fundació Puigvert, 08025 Barcelona, Spain; (J.S.-C.); (O.L.-R.); (M.F.P.); (L.B.)
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- Laboratory of Seminology and Embryology, Andrology Service-Fundació Puigvert, 08025 Barcelona, Spain; (J.S.-C.); (O.L.-R.); (M.F.P.); (L.B.)
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- Departamento de Genética Humana, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, 1649-016 Lisbon, Portugal; (I.P.-C.); (J.G.)
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto (I3S), 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; (C.C.); (P.I.M.); (F.C.); (A.B.); (S.S.); (A.M.L.)
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto (I3S), 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; (C.C.); (P.I.M.); (F.C.); (A.B.); (S.S.); (A.M.L.)
- Serviço de Genética, Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto (I3S), 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; (C.C.); (P.I.M.); (F.C.); (A.B.); (S.S.); (A.M.L.)
- Serviço de Genética, Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, 4200-319 Porto, Portugal
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- Laboratory of Seminology and Embryology, Andrology Service-Fundació Puigvert, 08025 Barcelona, Spain; (J.S.-C.); (O.L.-R.); (M.F.P.); (L.B.)
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto (I3S), 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; (C.C.); (P.I.M.); (F.C.); (A.B.); (S.S.); (A.M.L.)
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Departamento de Genética Humana, Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, 1649-016 Lisbon, Portugal; (I.P.-C.); (J.G.)
- ToxOmics—Centro de Toxicogenómica e Saúde Humana, Nova Medical School, 1169-056 Lisbon, Portugal
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- Human Molecular Genetics Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, 08908 Barcelona, Spain;
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto (I3S), 4200-135 Porto, Portugal; (C.C.); (P.I.M.); (F.C.); (A.B.); (S.S.); (A.M.L.)
- Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (IPATIMUP), 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
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- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, 18012 Granada, Spain; (J.A.C.); (M.C.G.); (A.C.); (F.J.V.)
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular I, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética e Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad de Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain; (M.C.-M.); (L.B.-C.); (A.G.-J.); (I.L.-B.); (M.B.); (F.J.B.); (R.J.)
- Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, 18012 Granada, Spain; (J.A.C.); (M.C.G.); (A.C.); (F.J.V.)
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Ye D, Zaidi AA, Tomaszkiewicz M, Anthony K, Liebowitz C, DeGiorgio M, Shriver MD, Makova KD. High Levels of Copy Number Variation of Ampliconic Genes across Major Human Y Haplogroups. Genome Biol Evol 2018; 10:1333-1350. [PMID: 29718380 PMCID: PMC6007357 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Because of its highly repetitive nature, the human male-specific Y chromosome remains understudied. It is important to investigate variation on the Y chromosome to understand its evolution and contribution to phenotypic variation, including infertility. Approximately 20% of the human Y chromosome consists of ampliconic regions which include nine multi-copy gene families. These gene families are expressed exclusively in testes and usually implicated in spermatogenesis. Here, to gain a better understanding of the role of the Y chromosome in human evolution and in determining sexually dimorphic traits, we studied ampliconic gene copy number variation in 100 males representing ten major Y haplogroups world-wide. Copy number was estimated with droplet digital PCR. In contrast to low nucleotide diversity observed on the Y in previous studies, here we show that ampliconic gene copy number diversity is very high. A total of 98 copy-number-based haplotypes were observed among 100 individuals, and haplotypes were sometimes shared by males from very different haplogroups, suggesting homoplasies. The resulting haplotypes did not cluster according to major Y haplogroups. Overall, only two gene families (RBMY and TSPY) showed significant differences in copy number among major Y haplogroups, and the haplogroup of a male could not be predicted based on his ampliconic gene copy numbers. Finally, we did not find significant correlations either between copy number variation and individual's height, or between the former and facial masculinity/femininity. Our results suggest rapid evolution of ampliconic gene copy numbers on the human Y, and we discuss its causes.
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- Danling Ye
- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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- Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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- Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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- Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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