| 1. | Gametocytes rarely fill the space between the erythrocyte nucleus and margin.
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| 2. | Gametocytes are abundant and many erythrocytes are parasitized by immature forms.
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| 3. | Within the erythrocytes or leukocytes, the merozoites develop into gametocytes.
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| 4. | Immature gametocytes like young schizonts are elongate with blunt ends.
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| 5. | This is followed by the formation of infective gametocytes in the erythrocytes.
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| 6. | The gametocytes are normally oval in shape and have a prominent nucleus.
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| 7. | Mature gametocytes are polar in position and spherical to subspherical.
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| 8. | The gametocytes possesses only a single nucleus and are globular in shape.
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| 9. | This step would have several cycles before the Merozoites turned into Gametocytes.
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| 10. | The gametocytes always contain 1 5 prominent vacuoles.
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