Development of gametocyte from merozoite of Plasmodium occurs in

Options

A. Red blood corpuscles
B. Liver cells
C. Stomach of female Anopheles
D. All the above

Answer

A

Explanation

Plasmodium flaciparum is a protozoan parasite one of the species that cause malaria in humans. A gametocyte in plasmodium is a cell specializing in the transition between the human and the mosquito host. Gametocytes arise from erythrocytic asexual stage.