This animation ends with a virus entering a host cell and its protein capsid degrading and releasing nucleic acid into the cell. What will occur next if this virus exhibits a lysogenic life cycle

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Zavier Li

5 January, 22:03

This animation ends with a virus entering a host cell and its protein capsid degrading and releasing nucleic acid into the cell. What will occur next if this virus exhibits a lysogenic life cycle

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Fatima Brown · Answer 1

The viral DNA will be fused into the host's DNA.

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When a virus exhibits a lysogenic life cycle, it ensures that its host is not killed rather the viral DNA gets fused into the host's DNA with the viral genes not expressed. The virus releases nucleic acid into the chromosome and becomes part of the host. It undergoes cell division and passes daughter cells while leaving its DNA in the host. The embedded virus goes through the lytic cycle, creating more viruses.