microgametocyte


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microgametocyte

[¦mī·krō·gə′mēd·ə‚sīt]
(biology)
A cell that gives rise to microgametes.
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A total of 339 P.falciparum thick smears containing 5620 gametocytes were screened for measuring the gametocyte density for microgametocyte (male) and macrogametocyte (female) and the mean sex-ratio was 0.31 i.e., 3.22 female per male.
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The microgametocytes were dumbbell-shaped with amoeboid outline and measured 12.45 [+ or -] 2.50 [micro]M x 4.50 [+ or -] 0.78 [micro]M.
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Macrogametocytes and microgametocytes were not detected.
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