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. 2000 Aug 28;67(4):862–872. doi: 10.1086/303088

Table 1.

Structural Chromosomal Abnormalities in Sperm of Four Healthy Men Evaluated by the ACM Assay

Frequencies Per 104 Sperm for Donor
Genotype D1a D2b D3c D4d Mean ± SE
Segmental aneuploidies:
 1pter duplication 5.3 4.6 3.0 4.9 4.5 ± .5
 1pter deletion 7.3 4.0 1.0 3.9 4.1 ± 1.3
  Total 12.6 8.6 4.0 8.8 8.5 ± 1.8
 1cen-1q12 duplication .7   0 2.0 1.0 .9 ± .4
 1cen-1q12 deletion 1.3 .7 1.0 0 .8 ± .3
  Total 2.0 .7 3.0 1.0 1.7 ± .5
Chromosomal breaks:
 Between 1cen and 1q12e 2.7 .7 4.0 1.0 2.1 ± .8
 Within 1q12 regionf 11.3 16.5   9.0 11.0 12.0 ± 1.6
  Total 14.0 17.2 13.0 12.0 14.1 ± 1.2
a

15,073 sperm analyzed.

b

15,145 sperm analyzed.

c

10,087 sperm analyzed.

d

10,116 sperm analyzed.

e

Group 1 (fig. 2C).

f

Groups 2–10 (fig. 2C).