A viral lytic cycle is characterized by:
a. rapid infection and emergence.
b. rapid infection, replication of nucleic acids and proteins, assembly of virions and release by rupture.
c. a virus remaining in the host cell then being released.
d. a viral nucleic acid being inserted into the host genome and possibly residing through multiple cell divisions prior to lytic.
B
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