Reuters quote of the day, July 9

London, July 8 (Reuters) Following is a notable quote from history.

''It acts rather like a time machine because it goes from generation to generation unchanging.'' -- Peter Gill, head of the Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) team of the British government's Forensic Science Service, on DNA.

Gill's team of scientists identified on July 9, 1993 the bones of the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and members of his family, executed by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg in 1918.

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