The effect of paternal age on offspring intelligence and personality when controlling for paternal trait level.

Paternal age at conception has been found to predict the number of new genetic mutations. We examined the effect of father's age at birth on offspring intelligence, head circumference and personality traits. Using the Minnesota Twin Family Study sample we tested paternal age effects while contr...

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Main Authors: Ruben C Arslan, Lars Penke, Wendy Johnson, William G Iacono, Matt McGue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0090097&type=printable
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