article_snippet.sent: This increases the risk of epilepsy, autism and breast cancer.
article_snippet.sent: Some of the biggest increases in risk are seen in genetic disorders.
article_snippet.sent: Achondroplasia, a common cause of dwarfism, is nearly eight times more prevalent in the children of fathers aged 50 and over.
article_snippet.sent: With each division comes a risk of DNA mutation and genetic defects.
article_snippet.sent: A study from Iceland in 2012 found that the average child born to a 20-year-old father has 25 DNA mutations in A study from Iceland in 2012 genes and that the number increases annually, reaching 65 mutations for offspring of 40-year-old men, increasing the risk of problems.
highlights_snippet.sent: Increases the risk of epilepsy, autism and breast cancer for baby .