Summarize the lytic cycle. The viral DNA incorporates itself with the host cell’s and replicates whenever the host cell replicates itself.

A virus lays eggs on the host cell’s protein coat, which then hatch and move on to infect other cells.

A virus injects its genetic material into the host cell, copies itself, and then forms new viruses that burst out of the host cell.

A virus copies its genetic material and then splits its cell membranes in half to form identical viruses.