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The etiology of azoospermia is poorly understood. Whole-genome analysis of azoospermic men has identified a number of candidate genes, such as the X-linked testis-expressed 11 (<jats:italic>TEX11<\/jats:italic>) gene. Using a comparative genomic hybridization array, an exonic deletion (exons 10\u201312) of <jats:italic>TEX11<\/jats:italic> had previously been identified in two non-apparent azoospermic patients. However, the putative impact of this genetic alteration on spermatogenesis and the azoospermia phenotype had not been validated functionally. We therefore used a CRISPR\/Cas9 system to generate a mouse model (<jats:italic>Tex11<\/jats:italic><jats:sup><jats:italic>Ex9-11<\/jats:italic>del\/Y<\/jats:sup>) with a partial <jats:italic>TEX11<\/jats:italic> deletion that mimicked the human mutation. Surprisingly, the mutant male <jats:italic>Tex11<\/jats:italic><jats:sup><jats:italic>Ex9-11<\/jats:italic>del\/Y<\/jats:sup> mice were fertile. The sperm concentration, motility, and morphology were normal. Similarly, the mutant mouse line\u2019s testis transcriptome was normal, and the expression of spermatogenesis genes was not altered. These results suggest that the mouse equivalent of the partial deletion observed in two infertile male with azoospermia has no impact on spermatogenesis or fertility in mice, at least of a FVB\/N genetic background and until 10 months of age. 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