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Somatic cells (regular cells) and gametes (sex cells) all grow in number through mitosis (for somatic cells) and meiosis (for gametes)

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humans get more of them, cells never really get "larger"

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It depends on the type of cell. Cells numbers increase, generally. But fat cells also increase in number and size.

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