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  1. What does central dogma state in molecular biology? How does it differ in some viruses?

Answer

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A - Replication of DNA.

B - Transcription.

C - Translation.
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  1. The central dogma of molecular biology states that the genetic information flows from DNA to RNA to proteins.
  2. In some viruses, the flow of information is in reverse direction, i.e. from RNA to DNA and is called reverse transcription.

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