lysogeny

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Definition of lysogeny

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The incorporation of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage into that of a host bacterium; sometimes transmitted to daughter cells following lysis

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Etymology

From lyso- + -geny.

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