Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 21, Problem 4DAA
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To determine: Whether the data supports Dr. K and his associates’ hypothesis.

Concept introduction: Plasmodium is one among the genus of unicellular eukaryotes that are obligate parasites of vertebrates and the insects. They infect the humans and are responsible for most malarial infections. It is transmitted through the bite of female anopheles mosquito. The life cycle involves the mosquito and human as the host.  When they feed on the human blood, the malaria infected mosquito inoculates the sporozoites into the human host. The sporozoite infects the liver cells and matures into schizonts that rupture and release the merozoites.

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