Father's age influences rate of evolution: 90% of new mutations from father, chimpanzee study shows
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 11:41
in Biology & Nature
The offspring of chimpanzees inherit 90 percent of new mutations from their father, and just 10 percent from their mother, a finding which demonstrates how mutation differs between humans and our closest living relatives, and emphasizes the importance of father's age on evolution.