Post-pubescent to mature fathers: increase in progeny quality?

Autor: Auroux, M, Nawar, NNY, Naguib, M, Baud, M, Lapaquellerie, N, Nawar, N N
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Zdroj: Human Reproduction; Jan1998, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p55-59, 5p
Abstrakt: In the mouse, offspring born from mature fathers exhibit better behavioural performances (for spontaneous activity in both sex and learning capacity in males) than those born from post-pubescent fathers. These behavioural variations are not accompanied by other obvious modifications. They could correspond to what has been observed in man relating to the results in a psychometric test undergone by male progeny born from very young to mature fathers. These data and those which show a decrease in mental performance in rats and human males born from mature to senescent fathers suggest the participation of some genetic factors in these phenomena. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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