Meaning of LYSOGENY

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WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  the condition of a host bacterium that has incorporated a phage into its own genetic material; "when a phage infects a bacterium it can either destroy its host or be incorporated in the host genome in a state of lysogeny"
	Synonyms:		lysogenicity
	See Also:		condition
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		A situation in which a virus infects a cell and incorporates its DNA into the host DNA; the viral genome is then replicated along with the host's.