Table 1. Paternal age effect on offspring TL across species (adapted and updated from [3]).

Species	n	ra	p	Longevityb,c	Weight (g)b	Reference
Atlantic salmon	60		NS	13	25,740	[12]
Sand lizard*	12	-0.59	0.041	20	15	[13]
European shag	204	+	0.43	30.6	1,773	[14]
Common tern*	142	−	0.02	33	120	[5]
Alpine swift*	95	−	0.033	26	102.7	[15]
Zebra finch*	139	−	0.032	12	12	[16]
Jackdaw*	715	−	0.007	20.3	246	[1]
Great reed warbler	154	+	0.7	10.1	30	[17]
Soay sheep	318	0.066	0.238	22.8	80,000	[18]d
House mouse*	12d	−	≤0.05	4	20.5	[19]
Long-tailed macaquee	9	+	NS	39	6,363	[20]
Chimpanzee*	40	0.42	0.009	59.4	44,984	[4]
Human*	144	0.15	0.03	122.5	62,035	[4]

*p < 0.05

^acorrelation values if reported; otherwise “+” indicates positive association and “−” negative association

^bfrom AnAge database except sand lizard data which came from https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/reptiles/sand-lizard

^cmaximum longevity

^dpersonal communication

^etesticular TL instead of offspring TL

Abbreviations: n, number of offspring; NS, non-significant; p, p-value; r, correlation coefficient; TL, telomere length.