Read the following statements regarding the life cycle of Plasmodium inside the female Anopheles mosquito: Statement I: The mosquito takes up sporozoites along with the human blood meal. Statement II: Fertilization and subsequent development of the parasite take place in the mosquito's gut. Statement III: The mature infective stages escape from the gut and migrate to the mosquito's salivary glands. Statement IV: Game

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Statement I is incorrect because the female Anopheles mosquito takes up gametocytes (sexual stages), not sporozoites, along with the human blood meal. Statement II is correct as fertilization and further development of the Plasmodium parasite occur in the mosquito's gut. Statement III is correct because the mature infective stages (sporozoites) escape from the gut and migrate to the mosquito's salivary glands, where they are stored. Statement IV is incorrect because gametocytes are originally formed in the red bloo