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The structure at the bottom has not been identified clearly. It could be an exflagellating microgametocyte, because the microgametocyte (male) undergoes nuclear division and fertilizes the macrogametocyte. The process is called exflagellation. Exflagellation produces structures that are composed of a nucleus, a very small mass of cytoplasm and a flagellum.