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This depends on the number of chromosomes the species has, and whether or not they have sex chromosomes. Autosomes are non-sex chromosomes, and somatic cells are cells with the full complement of chromosomes, i.e, are not gametes. Let's consider humans as our example. A human somatic cell carries a total of 46 chromosomes (23 homologous pairs). One pair of these are the sex chromosomes (an XX pair for females and an XY pair for males). That leaves 22 pairs of automes, for a total of 44.

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yes they are in all cells, but gametes have only one copy of each

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Yes - both sperm and egg cells contain autosomes. They each contain 22 autosomes and 1 sex chromosome.

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