A gametocyte is a eukaryotic germ cell that divides by mitosis into other gametocytes or by meiosis into gametes. Male gametocytes are called spermatocytes, and female gametocytes are called oocytes. The creation of primary gametocytes from gametogonia or of secondary gametocytes from primary gametocytes is called gametocytogenesis. Kingdoms Eukaryotes are organisms with complex cells, in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei. ... A germ cell is a kind of cell that is part of the germline, and is involved in the reproduction of organisms. ... Light micrograph of a newt lung cell in early anaphase of mitosis. ... In biology, meiosis is the process that transforms one diploid cell into four haploid cells in eukaryotes. ... Gametes (in Greek: γαμέτες) —also known as sex cells, germ cells, or spores—are the specialized cells that come together during fertilization (conception) in organisms that reproduce sexually. ... Spermatogenesis refers to the creation, or genesis, of sperm cells, which occurs in the male gonads or testes. ... An oocyte or ovocyte is a female gametocyte that divides twice by mitosis and meiosis into two other oocytes or into two ootids. ... A gametogonium (plural gametogonia) is a germ cell that divides into gametocytes. ...

The term gametocyte is used, for example, when talking about gametocytes of four species of the genus Plasmodium which transmit malaria. Species Plasmodium berghei Plasmodium brasilianum Plasmodium chabaudi Plasmodium cynomolgi Plasmodium falciparum Plasmodium gallinaceum Plasmodium knowlesi Plasmodium lophurae Plasmodium malariae Plasmodium ovale Plasmodium relictum Plasmodium vivax Plasmodium yoelii etc. ... Red blood cell infected with Malaria (Italian: bad air; formerly called ague or marsh fever in English) is an infectious disease which in humans causes about 350-500 million infections and approximately 1. ...