Table 1 Morphometric measurements taken of the gametocytes, in μm

Cell length

6.69 – 8.29

7.45 ± 0.38

7.29 – 8.64

8.01 ± 0.44

Cell width

5.50 – 7.84

6.97 ± 0.52

5.45 – 8.05

7.10 ± 0.72

Nucleus length

1.58 – 2.56

2.12 ± 0.23

3.08 – 5.95

4.66 ± 0.67

Nucleus width

1.34 – 2.10

1.7 ± 0.21

2.15 – 4.78

3.29 ± 0.63

Number of pigment granules

11- 29

20.30 ± 4.52

12 - 27

19.3 ± 5.54