medium · MCAT bio-biochem
A virologist is studying a bacteriophage that infects a population of bacteria. They observe that the viral DNA integrates into the bacterial chromosome and remains dormant, replicating only when the host cell divides.
What is this viral life cycle called?
- Lysogenic cycle
- Lytic cycle
- Reverse transcription
- Binary fission
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