Paternal age in rhesus macaques is positively associated with germline mutation accumulation but not with measures of offspring sociability
R. J. Wang, G. W. C. Thomas, M. Raveendran, A. R. Harris, H. Doddapaneni, D. M. Muzny, J. P. Capitanio, P. Radivojac, J. Rogers, M. W. Hahn
This study estimates the de novo mutation rate in rhesus macaques and finds it is lower than in humans, but paternal age still correlates with increased mutations. No association is found between paternal age and offspring sociability.
bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2019Evolutionary Biology