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Soma means body. Somatic cell is body cell.
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Is a typical body cell called somatic cell?
Yes, it is. The somatic (body) cells of multi celled organisms that reproduce sexually contain pairs of chromosomes.
Body cells can be called?
Somatic cell.
What is a proper term for a body cell?
It is called a somatic cell
In eukaryotes the process of cell division is called mitosis?
Somatic, or body cells
Another name for body cell?
Another name for body cells is somatic cells.
What type of typical body cell has 46 chromosomes?
The typical body cell (or somatic cell) of a human has 46 chromosomes: 22 pairs of autosomes and one pair of sex chromosomes. In females, there are two X chromosomes and in males there is one X and one Y.
What are two synonyms of body cell?
Somatic cell
What kind of cell cell is a somatic cell?
A somatic cell is part of the nervous system. (somatic also means body). This cell is a multicellular organsim.A somatic cell is also generally taken to mean any cell forming the body of an organism such as, internal organs skin, bones, blood and connective tissue are all made up of somatic cells.
What is the definition of a somatic cell in plants?
The body cell of a plant.
What phase of the cell cycle is the somatic cell?
A somatic cell is any cell in the body or a plant and can therefore do anything, depending on where it is located. e.g. a muscle cell in an arm muscle contracts, an eye cell detects light etc. The only cells which are not somatic are the sex cells such as sperm, eggs (animals), pollen and ovum (plants).
What is the purpose of somatic cell donor?
Somatic cells are body cells that contain a full set of chromosomes. I imagine that a somatic cell donor donates healthy body cells to someone who needs them.
Is a hepatocyte a somatic cell?
Yes, a hepatocyte is a somatic cell. All the cells in the body, except for sex cells (sperm and ovum/egg), are somatic cells.
