Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given. The sexual phase in the life cycle of Plasmodium occurs in the:
A
liver cells of man
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B
gut of the mosquito
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C
salivary glands of the mosquito
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D
body cavity of the mosquito
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Solution
The correct option is B gut of the mosquito Asexual reproduction takes place in a human being and sexual reproduction takes place in the female mosquito, in the mosquito gut, the microgamete nucleus divides three times producing eight nuclei, each nucleus fertilizes a macrogamete forming a zygote. The zygote, after the fusion of nuclei and the fertilization, becomes the so-called ookinete.