central dogma

noun

The principle that genetic information flows from DNA to RNA to protein.

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Meanings

nouncentral dogma (plural central dogmas)

plural central dogmas

  1. singularsingular onlybiologyThe principle that genetic information flows from DNA to RNA to protein.
  2. countableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see central, dogma.
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