Central dogma

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Food Biotechnology

Francis Crick's seminal concept that in nature genetic information generally flows from DNA to RNA to protein.

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

The basic concept that, in nature, genetic information generally flows from DNA to RNA to protein. However, information contained in the RNA molecules of retroviruses can also flow back to DNA.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture