Soviet Medical Encyclopedia

Gametocytes

Parasitology, Biology & Genetics

Also known as: Gametocyte

Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.

Summary

This article defines gametocytes as developmental stages of protozoa. It notes that these cells undergo reduction division to form gametes, the sexual forms of the organism.

Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)

GAMETOCYTES, developmental stages of protozoa (Protozoa), from which their sexual forms—gametes—are formed by means of reduction division (see).

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“Gametocytes.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/gametocytes/