Question

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
In the malarial parasite, oocyst is formed in the:

• A. erythrocytes of man
• B. liver cells of man
• C. stomach wall of the female mosquito
• D. blood of the female mosquito

Answer 1

The correct option is C stomach wall of the female mosquito

The female Anopheles mosquito, when it withdraws blood the infected malarial patient, the male and female gametes enter into the mosquito gut, when the two male and female gametes fuse together and form a zygote, which develops into ookinetes that burrow into the mosquito midgut wall to develop into oocysts.

So, the correct option is 'stomach wall of the female mosquito'.