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What is the central dogma of biology? What does it represent? Why is it important to living organisms?

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What is the central dogma of biology?
The central dogma of biology is a mechanism by which genetic information is maintained
within the body cells and is utilized to create proteins. As coined by Francis Crick in 1956, it
describes the flow of genetic information, which involves the change of DNA to RNA and then
RNA to protein (Li, & Xie, 2011).
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