Getting old and in no mood to become a father to a cute cuddly child? Well, according to new research men who opt to have babies later in life might have ugly children! The study found that older dad’s fathered children who are less attractive.
Scientists say they have found a link between age and genetic mutations. Older men’s sperm-producing cells don’t copy DNA as effectively. Martin Fielder, an anthropologist at Vienna University, told the Sunday Times that every 16 years the mutation rate doubles. Other researchers found 25 mutations per sperm in a 20-year-old, but at age 40 it is 65 mutations. By 56, it doubles again.
But the study, which was published in the journal Nature, showed that women pass on up to 15 mutations to their baby no matter what age they are.
