Sexual reproduction involves sex cells. The female reproductive cell is a(an)
and the male reproductive cell is a(an)
. The male and female sex cells combine in a process called fertilization to form a
that eventually grows and develops into an offspring.

Which of the following statements describes the lysogenic cycle of lambda (λ) phage? a) after infection, the viral genes immediately turn the host cell into a lambda-producing factory, and the host cell then lyses.b) most of the prophage genes are activated by the product of a particular prophage gene.c) the phage genome replicates along with the host genome.d) the phage dna is copied and exits the cell as a phage.