31. Gametocytes are taken up by a mosquito and infect the insect, continuing the life cycle.32. Altering of gametocytes and embryos to generate inheritable changes in humans was defined to be irresponsible. 33. The gametocytes are elongated and ovular. 34. The gametocytes are round and elongated. 35. The gametocytes are at first polar in the erythrocyte but gradually move to a lateral position. 36. Mature gametocytes are elongate averaging 3 times the host cell nucleus size and have dispersed pigment. 37. In 1880, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran observed pigmented parasites and the exflagellation of male gametocytes . 38. The gametocytes resemble those of " Plasmodium relictum " and may displace the nucleus. 39. In the genus " Hepatozoon ", gametocytes are also formed in the leukocytes. 40. These small merozoites are actually gametocytes .
