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"A genetic study has added to evidence that the increase in some mental disorders may be due to men having children later in life.

An Icelandic company found the number of genetic mutations in children was directly related to the age of their father when they were conceived.

One prominent researcher suggested young men should consider freezing their sperm if they wanted to have a family in later life.

The research is published in Nature.

According to Dr Kari Stefansson, of Decode Genetics, who led the research, the results show it is the age of men, rather than women, that is likely to have an effect on the health of the child.

"Society has been very focused on the age of the mother. But apart from [Down's Syndrome] it seems that disorders such as schizophrenia and autism are influenced by the age of the father and not the mother"."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19336438
A Darren Griffin, genetics professor at the university of Kent, said older fathers should not panic as the risk is still small......there are three BILLION letters in the human DNA code and the number of mutations (rouge) found was only in the dozens....while the risk from older mothers was '' far more potent and measurable''.