The theory that the transmission of genetic information is not an irreversible process always determined by the nucleic acid DNA, but that in certain cases RNA (ribonucleic acid) can act as a template or pattern for the formation of DNA.

谭姆恩论(认为遗传并非总是由脱氧核糖核酸决定的不可逆转过程，而在某种情况下，核糖核酸能够引起模板作用而形成脱氧核糖核酸)。