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Table 4
Morphometry of gametocytes and host cells in two lineages of Leucocytozoon macleani from chickens in Thailand.
| Features | Measurements (Min – Max (Mean ± SD)) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lineage GALLUS17 |
Lineage GALLUS63 |
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| Fusiform macrogametocytes (n = 35) | Fusiform microgametocytes (n = 35) | Roundish macrogametocytes (n = 20) | Roundish microgametocytes (n = 20) | Fusiform macrogametocytes (n = 10) | Fusiform microgametocytes (n = 10) | |
| Parasite | ||||||
| Length (μm) | 10.23–15.22 (13.19 ± 1.28) | 10.69–16.04 (13.29 ± 1.15) | 8.79–13.57 (11.56 ± 1.35) | 9.64–13.55 (12.01 ± 0.83) | 10.02–14.03 (11.93 ± 1.21) | 10.19–15.84 (12.46 ± 1.68) |
| Width (μm) | 6.73–10.50 (8.57 ± 0.95) | 6.25–10.07 (7.93 ± 0.91) | 7.62–13.63 (10.11 ± 1.73) | 7.90–10.63 (9.33 ± 0.73) | 6.04–10.88 (8.65 ± 1.33) | 7.11–10.32 (8.33 ± 1.06) |
| Perimeter (μm) | 37.71–49.62 (43.97 ± 2.67) | 39.86–51.68 (45.09 ± 3.01) | 35.68–40.87 (37.71 ± 1.58) | 33.81–39.93 (36.93 ± 1.39) | 40.68–46.37 (43.34 ± 1.70) | 41.30–52.95 (45.98 ± 3.56) |
| Area (μm2) | 86.25–122.89 (106.65 ± 9.38) | 79.94–116.38 (100.52 ± 9.35) | 81.83–105.66 (93.27 ± 7.00) | 78.92–99.59 (89.50 ± 6.31) | 76.95–112.79 (101.24 ± 10.29) | 91.54–114.02 (103.26 ± 7.33) |
| Parasite nucleus | ||||||
| Length (μm) | 3.38–8.53 (5.98 ± 1.39) | – | 3.66–7.79 (5.00 ± 0.96) | – | 4.27–6.69 (5.54 ± 0.87) | – |
| Width (μm) | 1.10–3.14 (1.89 ± 0.48) | – | 1.64–3.35 (2.60 ± 0.41) | – | 1.26–2.77 (2.08 ± 0.46) | – |
| Area (μm2) | 3.31–14.51 (8.90 ± 2.47) | – | 6.64–17.23 (10.67 ± 2.27) | – | 5.55–12.72 (9.39 ± 2.07) | – |
| Host–parasite complex | ||||||
| Length (μm) | 37.30–64.18 (51.65 ± 6.98) | 32.00–67.71 (50.66 ± 8.09) | – | – | 31.94–51.64 (38.70 ± 6.69) | 24.38–47.67 (34.84 ± 8.06) |
| Width (μm) | 10.31–13.63 (11.59 ± 0.74) | 8.32–12.75 (10.93 ± 1.00) | – | – | 8.67–12.89 (11.58 ± 1.32) | 9.80–14.39 (11.56 ± 1.37) |
| Area (μm2) | 172.40–234.32 (198.60 ± 15.63) | 136.94–232.33 (187.19 ± 23.56) | 147.50–215.53 (181.84 ± 17.81) | 145.98–199.29 (172.25 ± 11.15) | 137.05–209.79 (183.71 ± 23.93) | 150.89–204.11 (181.07 ± 17.20) |
| Diameter (μm) | – | 12.92–16.97 (14.79 ± 1.05) | 13.15–15.77 (14.66 ± 0.86) | – | – | |
| Host nucleus | ||||||
| Length (μm) | 6.89–12.38 (9.76 ± 1.22) | 6.93–11.20 (8.96 ± 1.07) | 20.03–32.14 (24.57 ± 3.45) | 20.32–34.38 (27.65 ± 4.03) | 7.90–11.35 (9.52 ± 0.98) | 6.38–11.61 (8.79 ± 1.38) |
| Width (μm) | 1.78–4.49 (2.90 ± 0.51) | 2.08–4.04 (3.13 ± 0.45) | 1.85–3.77 (2.45 ± 0.50) | 1.90–3.24 (2.34 ± 0.36) | 2.20–3.22 (2.86 ± 0.33) | 2.72–3.60 (3.19 ± 0.27) |
| Area (μm2) | 18.13–27.67 (23.31 ± 2.80) | 13.77–30.96 (23.14 ± 3.92) | 27.41–52.58 (39.39 ± 6.56) | 34.32–51.34 (42.17 ± 3.96) | 19.08–32.22 (23.72 ± 3.80) | 21.29–26.99 (24.42 ± 1.98) |
| Cytoplasmic processes | ||||||
| Length (μm) | 11.59–26.15 (20.29 ± 3.88) | 9.99–25.47 (19.34 ± 4.17) | – | – | 10.04–20.84 (13.70 ± 3.40) | 5.95–19.33 (11.19 ± 4.32) |
| Width (μm) | 4.32–10.32 (6.91 ± 1.47) | 4.07–8.23 (6.26 ± 1.13) | – | – | 5.02–10.34 (7.74 ± 1.55) | 6.74–10.17 (8.56 ± 1.10) |
| Area (μm2) | 20.03–50.14 (35.00 ± 7.73) | 15.87–55.84 (33.33 ± 10.86) | – | – | 18.89–38.96 (28.13 ± 7.27) | 14.63–47.54 (28.44 ± 9.31) |
Bold is significant difference.
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