Paternal age at conception effects on offspring telomere length across species—What explains the variability?

Epigenetic inheritance of telomere length in wild birds

(2019) Christina Bauch et al.   PLoS Genetics

Reduced telomere length in offspring of old fathers in a long-lived seabird

(2018) Sandra Bouwhuis et al.   Biology Letters

Links between parental life histories of wild salmon and the telomere lengths of their offspring

(2018) Darryl McLennan et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Experimental demonstration that offspring fathered by old males have shorter telomeres and reduced lifespans

(2018) José C. Noguera et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

No evidence for parental age effects on offspring leukocyte telomere length in free-living Soay sheep

(2017) H. Froy et al.   Scientific Reports

Paternal and grandpaternal ages at conception and descendant telomere lengths in chimpanzees and humans

(2016) Dan T. A. Eisenberg et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Parental age influences offspring telomere loss

(2016) Britt J. Heidinger et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

When to rely on maternal effects and when on phenotypic plasticity?

(2015) Bram Kuijper et al.   EVOLUTION

Maternal and genetic factors determine early life telomere length

(2014) M. Asghar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Delayed paternal age of reproduction in humans is associated with longer telomeres across two generations of descendants

(2012) D. T. A. Eisenberg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comparative biology of mammalian telomeres: hypotheses on ancestral states and the roles of telomeres in longevity determination

(2011) Nuno M. V. Gomes et al.   AGING CELL

Sex Differences in Sand Lizard Telomere Inheritance: Paternal Epigenetic Effects Increases Telomere Heritability and Offspring Survival

(2011) Mats Olsson et al.   PLoS One

An evolutionary review of human telomere biology: The thrifty telomere hypothesis and notes on potential adaptive paternal effects

(2010) Dan T.A. Eisenberg   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY

Offspring's Leukocyte Telomere Length, Paternal Age, and Telomere Elongation in Sperm

(2008) Masayuki Kimura et al.   PLoS Genetics