Older fathers' children have lower evolutionary fitness across four centuries and in four populations

Higher paternal age at offspring conception increases de novo genetic mutations. Based on evolutionary genetic theory we predicted older fathers' children, all else equal, would be less likely to survive and reproduce, i.e. have lower fitness. In sibling control studies, we find support for neg...

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Autores principales: Arslan, Ruben C., Willführ, Kai P., Frans, Emma M., Verweij, Karin J. H., Bürkner, Paul-Christian, Myrskylä, Mikko, Voland, Eckart, Almqvist, Catarina, Zietsch, Brendan P., Penke, Lars
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2017
Materias:
Evolution
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5597845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904145
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1562

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5597845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28904145
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.1562

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