Protozoal merogony

Protozoal merogony

Merogony (also known as schizogony) is an asexual reproductive process of protozoa. [ [http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861702199/schizogony.html schizogony definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta ] ] A trophozoite increases in size while its nucleus and other organelles divide repeatedly before cytokinesis. During this process the organism is known as a schizont. The schizont ruptures releasing merozoites.Organisms which use this process in their life cycle include piroplasms, the tick parasite, [ [http://annals.highwire.org/cgi/content/abstract/124/7/643 A Fatal Case of Babesiosis in Missouri: Identification of Another Piroplasm That Infects Humans - Herwaldt et al. 124 (7): 643 - Annals of Internal Medicine ] ] , and plasmodium, the malarial parasite of mosquitoes. [ [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00223.x Blackwell Synergy - Trop Med Int Health, Volume 3 Issue 4 Page 304-312, April 1998 (Article Abstract) ] ]

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