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Explanation:
Viruses are set of organisms that are incapable of replicating on their own. They depend on an host cell to reproduce and they achieve this by infecting the host cell. Hence, the process of infection of a virus is regarded as its reproductive life cycle. Generally, a virus attaches itself to the surface of its host cell by recognizing and binding to specific receptor sites. This phase is called ATTACHMENT.
It then inserts its genetic material into the host's genome in a process called PENETRATION. It employs its host cell's transcriptional, translational, replication abilities to reproduce its genetic material. After this, some viruses exit the host cell by bursting the cell open in a process called LYSIS, however, others incorporate their genetic material into the host's and becomes part of the host.
Hence, as the host replicates its own genetic material, it also replicates the viral genetic material and passes it on to Its offsprings. This process is called the LYSOGENIC cycle, it is opposed to the LYTIC cycle being that the virus does not kill the host cell.
