During the lytic cycle of a bacteriophage, what happens to the DNA of the host cell?

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11 May 2018
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In the lytic cycle, the bacteriophage causes the host's DNA to be degraded into nucleotides, which are then used to synthesize new viral genomes. Therefore, the host DNA is digested rather than replicated or activated.

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