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Lysogeny vs Latency - What's the difference?

lysogeny | latency |

As nouns the difference between lysogeny and latency

is that lysogeny is the incorporation of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage into that of a host bacterium; sometimes transmitted to daughter cells following lysis while latency is the state of being latent.

lysogeny

English

(wikipedia lysogeny)

Noun

(lysogenies)
  • The incorporation of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage into that of a host bacterium; sometimes transmitted to daughter cells following lysis

    • Related terms

    * lysogenic * lytic

    latency

    English

    (wikipedia latency)

    Noun

    (latencies)
  • The state of being latent.
  • (electronics) A delay, a period between the initiation of something and the occurrence.
  • (medicine) The delay between a stimulus and the response it triggers in an organism.

    • Synonyms

    * (state of being latent) hiddenness, invisibility * lag (casual) * delay