macroschizont

plural macroschizonts

1. A relatively large schizont

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   Alternatively, purified gDNA from the macroschizont stage could be used, cultivated in vitro in host lymphocytes, resulting in a sample containing a mixture of bovine and parasite DNA. This raises the question of how to reliably quantify the relative abundance of host and parasite gDNA in these samples.

   2016 March 2, “Absolute Quantification of the Host-To-Parasite DNA Ratio in Theileria parva -Infected Lymphocyte Cell Lines”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI