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How are sex cells differ from other cells in the body?

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Sperm and eggs each only have half a set of DNA, whereas all other cells contain a full set.

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Is mitosis sex or body cells?

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Cause body cells have twice the chromosomes a sex cell has Body cells have 46 chromosomes and sex cells have 23 chromosomes.


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They are haploid or have half the number of chromosomes.


A cell in the body that is not a sex cell?

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Does meiosis divide sex cells and body cells?

Yes, mitosis produces somatic cells for growth and repair of the organism.


How are sex cells different from other cells in the body?

I think it's that first of all, sex cells undergo meiosis 1 and 2. None of the others do.


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