Valeria Marasco (@valeriamarasco.bsky.social)

From grandmothers down to grandoffspring: grandchicks of old grandmas are born “old” As animals age, they generally look less good and their telomeres, small structures that protect chromosomes from becoming frayed or tangled, become shorter. In our article we investigated if the effects of age at…

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From grandmothers down to grandoffspring: grandchicks of old grandmas are born “old” As animals age, they generally look less good and their telomeres, small structures that protect chromosomes from becoming frayed or tangled, become shorter. In our article we investigated if the effects of age at conception of mothers to the telomeres of their offspring would persist over a subsequent generation (grandoffspring generation), having previously found out that they persisted into the offspring generation. http://valeriamarasco.blog/2025/06/17/from-grandmothers-down-to-grandoffspring-grandchicks-of-old-grandmas-are-born-old/