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Table 1 Body and nuclear size of macrogametes and zygotes

From: Purification and production of Plasmodium falciparum zygotes from in vitro culture using magnetic column and Percoll density gradient

 

Giemsa

IFA/DIC

Cell body (µ)

Nuclear (µ)

Cell body (µ)

Nuclear (µ)

Mac Gam

6.42 ± 0.47

0.73 ± 0.07

6.12 ± 0.56

0.83 ± 0.12

Range

(6.0–7.0)

(0.6–0.8)

(5.0–7.6)

(0.7–1.0)

Zygote

6.87 ± 0.25

1.86 ± 0.20

6.69 ± 0.82

1.23 ± 0.20

Range

(6.5–7.0)

(1.4–2.2)

(5.0–8.2)

(0.7–1.9)

  1. The cell body size and the nuclear size of macrogametes and zygotes are shown in the table as mean ± SD. The ranges of the size are also given
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