Figure 8.

Merozoite egress sequence recorded at 97 frames per second with a 60× objective (NA 1.2). Selected frames of a typical egress sequence (Q-type) are shown. The three leading merozoites after initial escape are easily identified and tracked manually (positions shown with markers), and the coordinates of the leading one (♦) are used to calculate the dispersion distance and velocity, as reported in Table 1. R_s is the mean radius of the schizont immediately before egress; R_m is the approximate radius of the dispersed merozoite group 3 s after the onset of egress.