macrogamete

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[¦mak·rō′ga‚mēt]

(biology)

The larger, usually female gamete produced by a heterogamous organism.

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(3) Macrogametes are dark blue with a compact dark nucleus, whereas microgametocytes are pale blue with a diffuse pink nucleus.

Scale bar : 2 um; 15, mature macrogamete full of amylopectin granules (A) and canaliculi (C).

vivax orthologs expressed on both macrogametes and microgametes (Annexures 1 and 2).

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