Alt-EJ	Alternative NHEJ pathway
ART	Assisted reproduction technology
AZF	Azoospermia factor
BER	Base excision repair
CCRs	Complexchromosomerearrangements
CNVs	Copynumbervariants
DNMs	De novo mutations
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
DSBs	Double stranded breaks
HR	Homologous recombination
ICSI	Intracytoplasmic sperm injection
LINES	Long interspersed nuclear elements
LTR	Long terminal repeats
MMR	Mismatch repair
NHEJ	Non homologous end joining
NER	Nucleotide excision repair
PGCs	Primordial germcells
PRM	Protamine
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SINE	Short interspersed nuclear elements
SNVs	Single nucleotide variants
SSBs	Single stranded breaks
TEL-DNA	Telomeric DNA
TNP	Transition nuclear proteins