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Discuss the difference between a lytic cycle and a lysogenic cycle. In each case, how is the viral genetic material being replicated?

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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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