NEET2012ZoologyHuman Health and DiseasesActual
Motile zygote of Plasmodium occurs in
Options
- Agut of female Anopheles
- Bsalivary glands of Anopheles
- Chuman RBCs
- Dhuman liver
Correct answer
A. gut of female Anopheles
Step-by-step solution
When female Anopheles sucks the blood of an infected person, the gametocytes of Plasmodium are picked up by the mosquito. Now sexual reproduction of Plasmodium occurs inside mosquito. The outer envelope of gametocyte is dissolved and its contents are liberated into the cavity of gut. These contents then undergo gametogony, i.e., formation of microgametes and macroagamete. The nuclei of both fuse and a synkaryon or zygote is formed. This zygote is motionless and spherical for sometime but becomes motile, elongated a