| 21. | The male and female gametocytes fuse and form an ookinete a fertilized, motile zygote.
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| 22. | Gametocytes in chronic infection are slightly smaller and are not sexually dimorphic in their dimensions.
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| 23. | The mature gametocytes occasionally enlarge the erythrocyte.
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| 24. | The large gametocytes tend to grossly distort the infected cells and make cell identification difficult.
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| 25. | Gametocytes are " kidney-shaped " and are smaller than the host cell nucleus.
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| 26. | Within the erythrocytes the merozoites first become ring forms, then trophozoites and finally gametocytes.
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| 27. | Within the lumen, the gametocytes associate in pairs, fuse and form a zygote.
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| 28. | Pairs of gamonts associate as two hemispherical gametocytes with the conoidal complexes of each juxtaposed.
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| 29. | The male and female gametocytes fuse and form a ookinete a fertilized, motile zygote.
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| 30. | Other merozoites develop into immature gametocytes, which are the precursors of male and female gametes.
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