Ice Storm Babies Show DNA Signature

Epigentic profile of a child born after the Quebec's Ice Storm (1998) could be predicted by the number of days an expectant mother was deprived of electricity during the storm, finds a new study. Scientists from the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and McGill University have detected a distinctive 'signature' in the DNA of children born in the aftermath of the massive Quebec ice storm. Five months after the event, researchers recruited women who had been ...