<p>Purified stage V gametocytes stained with Giemsa. A.) 3D7 magnet-purified gametocytes magnified ×1000. B.) (Detail) The cytoplasm of male gametocytes (MG) can be seen to stain pink and that of female gametocytes (FG) to stain purple; male gametocytes are smaller than females, the nucleus is bigger in males than in females, the granules of the malaria pigment are centrally located in female gametocytes and more widely scattered in males gametocytes The other 4 discriminatory characters can also be discerned.</p
