How do virus benefit from inserting their genetic material into a host cell?

Answer 1

It all depends on the virus. It may be a lytic or a lysogenic infection. In a lytic infection, the virus inserts its DNA into host cell and replicate itself until the cell bursts and releases the new copies to infect other host cells. In a lysogenic infection, the virus inserts its DNA and gains control over the host cell, shutting it down and makes copies of itself like lytic infection, but the host cell does not burst.

Answer 2

Viruses benefit from inserting their genetic material into a host cell by hijacking the cell's machinery to replicate their own genetic material and produce more virus particles. This allows the virus to spread and infect more cells within the host, leading to further replication and disease transmission.