The extent to which the age of parents at reproduction can affect offspring lifespan and other
fitness-related traits is important in our understanding of the selective forces shaping life …

Age-related changes in fertility have increasingly been documented in wild animal
populations: In many species the youngest and oldest reproducers are disadvantaged …

Individuals with insufficient nutrition during development often experience poorer later-life
health and evolutionary fitness. The Predictive Adaptive Response (PAR) hypothesis …

A nongenetic, transgenerational effect of parental age on offspring fitness has been
described in many taxa in the laboratory. Such a transgenerational fitness effect will have …

Postnatal development is protracted relative to lifespan in many primates, including modern
humans (Homo sapiens), facilitating the acquisition of key motor, communication and social …

The conditions under which individuals are reared vary and sensitivity of offspring to such
variation is often sex-dependent. Parental age is one important natal condition with …

Variability in demographic traits between individuals within populations has profound
implications for both evolutionary processes and population dynamics. Parental effects as a …

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 …

Genetic inheritance underpins evolutionary theories of aging, but the role that nongenetic
inheritance plays is unclear. Parental age reduces the life span of offspring in a diverse …

The age of the parents at the time of offspring production can influence offspring longevity,
but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. The effect of parental age on …