Tissue Cysts Forming Coccidia. Some coccidian species exhibit a heteroxenous life cycle in which merogony takes place in tissues of the intermediate host (prey) and gametogony takes place in the intestinal epithelium of the definitive host (predator). [By convention, sexual reproduction occurs in definitive hosts.]

What is Merogony in malaria?

In summary, the malaria parasite exhibits a life cycle with typical apicomplexan features. There are three distinct invasive stages: sporozoite, merozoite and ookinete. ... The resulting merozoites then invade erythrocytes and undergo repeated rounds of merogony called erythrocytic schizogony.

Where are merozoites formed?

place in Plasmodium life-cycle

Gametocytes within a mosquito develop into sporozoites. The sporozoites are transmitted via the saliva of a feeding mosquito to the human bloodstream. From there they enter liver parenchyma cells, where they divide and form merozoites.