Biology GCSE
Life cycle
What Life cycle means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Life cycle
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Reference: AQA
The stages in which the malarial protist develops and multiplies inside the mosquito before reaching its salivary glands and passing into a healthy person's blood.
Topics that use Life cycle
- Protist diseases (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Community health
- Prevention strategies
- Protist
- Transmission
- Treatment and control
- Vector
- Vectors and transmission
- Host
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