(DZNE - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases) How does the father's age at conception affect his children? DZNE researchers have studied this question in mice. Their findings show that the offspring of elderly mouse-fathers had a shorter lifespan than those of young fathers and featured an exacerbation of a number of histopathological and molecular aging traits. Moreover, sperm of old males as well as the tissue from old father offspring featured shared epigenetic changes and altered activation states of longevity-related signaling pathways.
from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2sI9ibp
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