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Schizogony of Plasmodium is also known as

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Sporogony.
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Gamogony.
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Agamogony.
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Binary fission.
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The correct option is C Agamogony.
When Plasmodium enters into the human body they follow asexual reproduction in the liver. The process by which sporozoites undergo schizogony and produce merozoites. Schizogony is also called as agamogony because it is also the process of formation new individual by cell division.

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