. Biology in America. Biology. Descriptive Biology 97 A still further stage in sex development is shown by a distinct difference in size and activity of the copulating cells. The malaria organism multiplies asexually in the blood cells of its host. After a time, under conditions not well under- stood, some of the malarial cells enlarge. If now the patient is bitten by one of the Anopheles mosquitoes, which transmit the disease, some of these enlarged cells remain quiescent, forming the female cells in the mosquito's stomach, while others cast off a number of small active filaments or male cell
. Biology in America. Biology. Descriptive Biology 97 A still further stage in sex development is shown by a distinct difference in size and activity of the copulating cells. The malaria organism multiplies asexually in the blood cells of its host. After a time, under conditions not well under- stood, some of the malarial cells enlarge. If now the patient is bitten by one of the Anopheles mosquitoes, which transmit the disease, some of these enlarged cells remain quiescent, forming the female cells in the mosquito's stomach, while others cast off a number of small active filaments or male cells. These latter then unite with or fertilize the former,. ;© «5'©I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Young, R. T. (Robert Thompson), b. 1874. Boston, R. G. Badger
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