Which of the following is a definitively true statement if an infecting bacteriophage is in the lysogenic cycle? A. The host cell will have a virus incorporated into its genome. B. The cell will benefit because of new genes from the virus that, by definition, benefit the cell. C. The cell will only be minimally damaged as the virus will exit the cell via budding rather than lysis. D. The cell will experience lower fitness because of the parasitic nature of the infecting virus.
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The lysogenic cycle is one of the two cycles of viral reproduction (the other being the lytic cycle). In the lysogenic cycle, the bacteriophage's DNA is incorporated into the host cell's genome, where it can replicate along with the host cell's DNA without causing Show more…
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