According to the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Fathers who are preferred to have children until they’re almost at the age of 40 may provide their offspring a longer life
The short life of older father, the long life span of their offspring
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2. According to the study in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences, Fathers who are
preferred to have children until they’re almost at the
age of 40 may provide their offspring a longer life. The
children will inherit the longer telomeres, caps at the
end of the chromosomes which then protects them
from the so-called degeneration. The longer telomeres
provide slower aging and may mean a longer lifespan.
However, based from the research the older a man
reproduces child is likely to produce disorders like
autism. Moreover, older fathers have a chance to lower
intelligence scores than those born to younger men.
3. A study author and doctoral student at Northwestern
University in Evanston, Illinois- Dan Eisenberg. He
said that most of literature also suggests risks from
paternal age .The longer telomerse may delay sexual
development, and direct the body’s energy into
maintaining itself and staying healthy, he added. In
addition, the late fatherhood may serve as a signal that
mortality rates are low. The benefit was also seen in
grandchildren of men who became fathers at later
ages.
4. The correlation held regardless of whether the families
were rich or poor, the study said.
A report released in Micron Associates from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American
men have their first child at the age of 25.
Damaged telomeres cause cells to stop dividing, stem
cells become dormant, organs to atrophy and brain
cells to die. As most cells age, the telomeres become
shorter and shorter. This isn’t the case for sperm,
where the telomeres lengthen with age. The men may
be passing the longest telomeres to their children, the
longest lifespan.