[BlueTemplar]

> the central dogma: DNA -> RNA -> Protein

Funny thing : having never seen the term "central dogma" before, I looked it up, and Wikipedia says that this one (directly calling out your reference) is an incorrect version, in fact has been proven wrong in the last decades, while the original Central Dogma holds.

Even funnier thing : I kind of lied : I saw that term for the first time two weeks ago... when watching Neon Genesis Evangelion. Where it's a location. But then I guess it also throws around terms like "apoptosis" (which I did knew and which made me raise an eyebrow) as sciencey sounding words (still somewhat appropriate to the context in a metaphorical way), so of course it couldn't resist "Central Dogma" as a play on words between biology, location, and (anti-) "Orientalization" of Christianity !

[MajimasEyepatch]

The Wikipedia article is correct in a pedantic way, but for all practical purposes, DNA -> RNA -> Protein is the place to start. Then you layer on the myriad complications that have evolved over four billion years.