Discovery of Fossil Fly May Aid Genetic Study.

Focuses on the potential benefits of the discovery of the 40-million-year-old fossil of a fly by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley to the genetic code study. Study of the DNA of the fly to determine if genetic material can be preserved for a longer period; Amount of DNA that can be extracted from the fossil according to Alan C. Wilson, professor of biochemistry at Berkeley; Advantages of the preservation of fly cells in amber.