Explain the Central Dogma in molecular biology.

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(N/A) The Central Dogma of molecular biology was proposed by Francis Crick.
It states that the flow of genetic information occurs in the direction: $DNA \to mRNA \to$ Protein.
$1$. Replication: $DNA$ makes a copy of itself.
$2$. Transcription: $DNA$ is transcribed into $mRNA$.
$3$. Translation: $mRNA$ is translated into a protein sequence.

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