Skyler Tan
The malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, develops into sexual-stage gametocytes within the human host. Next-cycle conversion in the gametocyte development of P. falciparum hints at the presence of sexual markers during early developmental phases. Despite this, many of these early sex markers remain uncategorized. In this poster, using single-cell transcriptomic data, slingshot analysis, and differential analysis, early sex markers are identified across P. falciparum strains in the stalk and the schizont developmental phases.