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compare and contrast the lytic and lysogenic life cycles of viruses. how does the virus reproduce in each of these life cycles? what happens to the host cell in each of these life cycles?

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The lytic cycle involves the reproduction of viruses using a host cell to manufacture more viruses; the viruses then burst out of the cell. The lysogenic cycle involves the incorporation of the viral genome into the host cell genome, infecting it from within.

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