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Why do you think a virus’s reproduction cycle is called the “lytic cycle”

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The lytic cycle is named for the process of lysis, which occurs when a virus has infected a cell, replicated new virus particles, and bursts through the cell membrane. This releases the new virions, or virus complexes, so they can infect more cells

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