Older fathers’ children have lower evolutionary fitness across four centuries and in four populations
Ruben C. Arslan, Kai P. Willführ, Emma Frans, Karin J. H. Verweij, Mikko Myrskylä, Eckart Voland, Catarina Almqvist, Brendan P. Zietsch, Lars Penke
The paper shows that older fathers' children have lower fitness, with fewer surviving children across four populations and centuries, likely due to de novo mutations.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences · Sep 13, 2017Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology