The Rwanda genocide may be over, but the terror lives on in the DNA of victims and their offspring. A study found chemical modifications in genes linked to mental disorders like PTSD.
The legacy of unimaginable trauma has left its mark on the DNA of people who survived the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Most jarringly, the marks of this psycholo
Professors Monica Uddin and Derek Wildman of the College of Public Health looked at the entire genomes of Tutsi women who were pregnant and living in Rwanda at the time of the genocide and their offspring and compared their DNA to other Tutsi women pregnant at the same time and their offspring, who were living in other parts of the world.