DIFFERENTIATION OF NUCLEAR AND CYTOPLASMIC FINE STRUCTURE DURING SPOROGONIC DEVELOPMENT OF PLASMODIUM BERGHEI

Abstract
The development of the oocyst of the rodent malarial parasite, Plasmodium berghei, in the mosquito was studied by electron microscopy. During this development, a condensation of cross-striated fibers occurs in the Feulgen-positive periphery of nuclei which are close to the surface of the oocyst. Concomitant with the appearance of these fibers, fragments of a new cytoplasmic membrane are found a short distance away. These changes appear to represent nucleocytoplasmic interactions during development.

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