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• is a theory stating that genetic info flows only in one direction, from DNA, to RNA, to protein, or RNA to protein directly

  central dogma theory
• discovery of DNA structure by James Watson and Francis Crick


  1953
• francis crick proposes the central dogma concept, describing the flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA proteins


  1957
• Sydney Brenner, Francois Jacob, and Jacques Monod study gene expression in bacteria, elucidating the role of mRNA in transcription

  1961
• advancements in understanding translation, including the decoding of mRNA by ribosomes and the role of tRNA in bringing amino acids

  1960s-1970s
• discovery of exceptions to the central dogma, such as retroviruses that reverse transcribe RNA to DNA

  1970s-1980s
• further exploration of genetic processes, including the discovery of non-coding RNAs and regulatory mechanisms that modulate gene expression and protein function

  1990s-present