Fact: Parental age affect how long offspring live
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 18-01-2016
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Study results showed that chicks produced by older mothers and fathers had significantly greater telomere loss than chicks produced by younger parents, but the loss appeared to occur during nestling growth, rather than during the pre-natal period.
Results also seemed to indicate that the maternal age effect is stronger than the paternal age effect.