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With up to one in seven couples affected worldwide, the inability to conceive has become a major concern for reproductive health. Many causes of infertility are linked to genetic variants that are disruptive for germ cell homeostasis. Using causative variants to model human infertility can improve our understanding of the molecular pathways that regulate germ cell development. One notable example is the germ cell morphogen NANOS, which is highly conserved across species. Variants of NANOS are associated with infertility in various animal models, from\n                    <jats:italic>Drosophila<\/jats:italic>\n                    to humans. Here, we examine how modelling human infertility based on NANOS variants can offer insights into the molecular processes underlying germ cell development. 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