lysogeny

lysogeny definition - medical

ly·sog·e·ny (lī-sŏjˈə-nē)

noun
The fusion of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage with that of a host bacterium so that the potential exists for the newly integrated genetic material to be transmitted to daughter cells at each subsequent cell division.

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