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What usually happens to the host’s DNA during the lytic cycle?
It is destroyed.
It is integrated with the viral DNA.
It becomes a provirus.
It is deactivated.
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It is destroyed.
During the lytic cycle the virus produces enzymes that degrade the host's DNA so the cell's resources are used to replicate viral genomes and assemble new virions; the host then lyses, releasing the viruses. (Integration into the host genome and becoming a provirus occur in the lysogenic/latent cycle, not the lytic cycle.)
During the lytic cycle the virus produces enzymes that degrade the host's DNA so the cell's resources are used to replicate viral genomes and assemble new virions; the host then lyses, releasing the viruses. (Integration into the host genome and becoming a provirus occur in the lysogenic/latent cycle, not the lytic cycle.)
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