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| Modern Genetic Analysis Chapter 9. The Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Bacteriophage Genetics Figure 9-13. Phage T4, depicted in its free state and in the process of infecting an E. coli cell. The infecting phage injects DNA through its core structure into the cell. On the right, a phage has been diagrammatically exploded to show its highly ordered three-dimensional structure. (Modified from R. S. Edgar and R. H. Epstein, "The Genetics of a Bacterial Virus." Copyright © 1965 by Scientific American, Inc. All rights reserved.)

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