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One life cycle, two methods
Some organisms use sexual and asexual reproduction at different times or in different places. Malarial parasites reproduce asexually in the human host and sexually in the mosquito. These are two parts of the parasite life cycle, not two different parasites. Rapid multiplication in a host and the production of genetic variation serve different roles. Do not confuse the reproduction of the parasite with reproduction of the human or mosquito.
