ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2017
Older fathers' children have lower evolutionary fitness across four centuries and in four populations.
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Abstract
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 negative paternal age effects on offspring survival and reproductive success across four large populations with an aggregate
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