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Gametes only have one of each chromosome, whereas somatic cells have a pair.

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Which pairs of cells do not have identical chromosomes numbers in a given species of plants?

In plants, the gametes (such as pollen and egg cells) have half the number of chromosomes as somatic cells. This means that the pairs of cells that do not have identical chromosome numbers in a plant species are the gametes and somatic cells. Gametes have half the number of chromosomes as somatic cells due to the process of meiosis that reduces the chromosome number by half during gamete formation.


Chromosomes found in somatic cells and are perfectly matched in males and females?

Autosomes are the chromosomes found in somatic cells that are perfectly matched in males and females. These chromosomes are responsible for determining non-sex traits in an individual. Both males and females have two copies of each autosome, one from each parent, making them perfectly matched.


People have 46 chromosome in each their cells how many are in their gametes?

Gametes, such as sperm and egg cells, have half the number of chromosomes found in somatic cells. Therefore, human gametes have 23 chromosomes each.


How many chromosome' s do people have in their gametes?

People have 23 chromosomes in their gametes – 22 autosomes and one sex chromosome. This is the result of a process called meiosis, which halves the number of chromosomes in a cell to produce gametes with half the genetic material.


How do the number of chromosomes compare in gametes and somatic cells?

I will assume that you mean human cells. Somatic cells are diploid (2n), containing two sets of chromosomes, one of paternal, one of maternal origin. Gametes, on the other hand, are haploid (n), with a single set of chromosomes, ie. half as many as the somatic cell. Now, the haploid chromosome number (n) is characteristic of the species, and in humans this number happens to be 23. Therefore a human gamete has 23 chromosomes, and a human somatic cell 23 pairs, or 46 chromosomes.


Do gametes come from germ cells of somatic cells?

somatic cell


In what type of cell division does the chromosome number reduce by one half and gametes form?

Meiosis produces gametes which have half the number of chromosomes that other cells of the body have.


How many chromosome will a gamate of this have 40?

In humans, gametes (sperm and eggs) are haploid, meaning they contain half the number of chromosomes found in somatic (body) cells. If an organism has 40 chromosomes in its diploid somatic cells, its gametes will have 20 chromosomes. This reduction occurs through meiosis, which ensures that when gametes fuse during fertilization, the resulting offspring have the correct diploid number of chromosomes.


A somatic cell having two of each type of chromosome has a chromosome number?

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Why do gametes need 12 the number of chromosomes of a regular body cell?

Gametes require half the number of chromosomes of a somatic (regular) cell as gametes are the sex cells. When gametes combine to make a zygote (a fertilised cell), the complete number of chromosomes will be present.


Do somatic cell or gametes divide by mitosis?

somatic cells divide by mitosis. gametes, and sexual cell differentiation take place through meiosis.


What are 3 differences between somatic cells and gametes?

Somatic cells or body cells have a dipliod or full set of chromosomes. Gametes or sex cells, also called germ cells, have a hapliod number of chromosomes or half the number. Sperm and eggs are the gametes of humans, and you misspelled cell.......... artard