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lysogeny
The phenomenon of the insertion of a temperate phage chromosome into a bacterial chromosome, where it replicates when the bacterial chromosome replicates. In this state the phage genome is repressed and is said to be in the prophage state.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Archaeology
- Category: Human evolution
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