Definition of "ookinete" [ookinete]

• The motile zygote of a parasite of the malaria mosquito that forms an oocyst in the mosquito's gut (noun)

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• "The male macrogamont fertilizes the female one, and they produce a round little offspring called an ookinete."
• "An ex vivo ookinete was obtained from an Anopheles stephensi infected bloodmeal 32 hours post-feeding, resuspended in Matrigel (BD Bioscience, UK) and imaged for 10 minutes."
• "Prior studies show that the ookinete-to-oocyst phase in the malaria life cycle, when the malarial parasite is fertilized in the mosquito's body, is one of the most vulnerable stages making it an ideal target for antitransmission vaccines."