Summarize the lytic cycle.

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a
A virus injects its genetic material into the host cell, copies itself using the host's structures and resources, and then forms new viruses that burst out of the host cell.
b
A virus copies its own genetic material and then splits its cell membranes in half to form two identical viruses.
c
A virus lays eggs on the host cell’s protein coat, which then hatch and move on to infect other cells.
d
The viral DNA incorporates itself with the host cell’s and replicates whenever the host cell replicates itself.

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The lytic cycle is a process by which a virus infects a host cell, injects its genetic material, uses the cell's machinery to replicate and assemble new virus particles, and ultimately causes the cell to burst (lyse), releasing the new viruses to infect additional cells. This is described in option **.