Chapter 18, Problem 17A

Summary Introduction

To determine:

How lytic cycle and lysogenic cycle are common.

Introduction:

The viruses are the small pathogen having nucleic acids and a protein capsule around it. The virus reproduces in the cell of the host and they use the resource of the host cells.

Answer to Problem 17A

The lysogenic and lytic cycle are type of viral replication.

Explanation of Solution

There are two cycles through which viruses replicate. The lysogenic cycle and lytic cycle are the two types of viral replication. The lytic cycle uses the host’s machinery and make more viruses inside the cell, when the number of viruses is sufficient, they burst out of the cells. In the lysogenic cycle, incorporation of the viral genome into the genome of host occurs that infects the cell from within.