- microgametes
- n. smaller of two reproductive cells (Biology)
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microgametocyte — The mother cell producing the microgametes, or male elements of sexual reproduction in sporozoan protozoans and fungi. SYN: microgamont. * * * mi·cro·ga·me·to·cyte gə mēt ə .sīt n a gametocyte producing microgametes * * * n … Medical dictionary
Plasmodium vivax — Mature P. vivax trophozoite Scientific classification Kingdom: Protista … Wikipedia
exflagellation — The extrusion of rapidly waving flagellum like microgametes from microgametocytes; in the case of human malaria parasites, this occurs in the blood meal taken by the proper anopheline vector within a few minutes after ingestion of the infected… … Medical dictionary
COCCIDIES — Les Coccidies sont des êtres unicellulaires de nature animale qui vivent en parasites dans les cellules des Mollusques, des Arthropodes et surtout des Vertébrés. Sans forme bien définie, ces corpuscules coccidiens contenus dans le cytoplasme… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Alternation of generations — (also known as alternation of phases or metagenesis) is a term primarily used in describing the life cycle of plants (taken here to mean the Archaeplastida). A multicellular sporophyte, which is diploid with 2N paired chromosomes (i.e. N pairs),… … Wikipedia
Haemosporina — A suborder of coccidia (class Sporozoea) that lack syzygy, with separate development of macrogamete and microgamont, the latter producing eight flagellated microgametes; heteroxenous with merogany in vertebrates and sporogony in bloodsucking in … Medical dictionary
Sporozoea — A large class of protozoans (phylum Apicomplexa, subkingdom Protozoa) consisting of obligatory parasites with simple spores lacking polar filaments; cilia and flagella are absent (except for microgametes, found in some groups), and locomotion is… … Medical dictionary
FLAGELLÉS — Les Flagellés sont actuellement considérés comme les Protistes les plus primitifs. Ils comprennent des formes à affinité animale ou végétale; aussi admet on souvent qu’ils constituent la souche de tous les Protistes. Ils sont caractérisés par… … Encyclopédie Universelle
microgametocyte — n. a cell that undergoes meiosis to form 6–8 mature male sex cells (microgametes) of the malarial parasite (see Plasmodium). Microgametocytes are found in human blood but must be ingested by a mosquito before developing into microgametes … The new mediacal dictionary
microgametocyte — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1900 a gametocyte producing microgametes … New Collegiate Dictionary
