Differences between a lytic-lysogenic life cycle for a virus

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Questions:

1. What are the major differences between a lytic and lysogenic life cycle for a virus? Is there a particular advantage to one or the other? Explain.

2. Describe the basic structure of a virus. What items/structures does it contain? THIS SHOULD BE IN MORE DETAIL THAN WHAT WAS IN THE EARLIER CHAPTERS THIS SEMESTER. You can't just say "protein coat surrounding genetic material", for example.

3. List and BRIEFLY describe the five steps of the viral life cycle (assume lytic cycle for this example).

4. How are prions and viroids SIMILAR to viruses? How are they DIFFERENT?

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