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Sporogony in malarial parasite occurs in

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Human liver
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Human red blood cells
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Stomach of female Anopheles
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Stomach wall of female Anopheles
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Solution

The correct option is A Stomach wall of female Anopheles
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium, which is a protozoan. It is a digenetic parasite, which means it completes its life cycle in two hosts. Its primary host is female Anopheles mosquito, in which it completes its sexual life cycle. Its intermediate host is Human being, in which it completes its asexual life cycle.
After several generations of schizogony, some of the merozoites grow into large cells inside blood corpuscles. These are known as gametes- male & female. When this infected person is bitten again, these gametes are taken in an Anopheline mosquito, from where they reach its stomach wall to complete its further sexual life cycle. Sporogony is the process of formation of sporozoites form zygotes. This is a sexual stage.
Thus, Option D is the correct option.

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