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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...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2017
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| 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 |