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All the cells in your body that are not sex cells. Devoid of the complications here, sperm in males and eggs in females are the only cells in the adult human body that are NOT somatic cells.

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What is another name for normal body cells?

Another name for body cells is somatic cells.


What kind of cells go through mitosis somatic cells or gametes?

Somatic cells undergo mitosis.


What is difference between somatic cells and gametes cells?

Somatic cells are not involved in sexual reproduction. These are most of the cells in your body. Gametes are sex cells (sperm and ovules/eggs).


Which type of cells are yielded by mitosis?

Somatic cells


What are somatic cell and germ cell?

Germ cells are cells that become gametes (are n: have have the genetic material) and somatic cells are all the rest (2n)

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Cells that do not produce gametes are called?

In humans, cells that do not produce gametes are collectively called somatic cells. Somatic cells do not include sperm and ova, the cells from which they are made, and undifferentiated stem cells.


Are Somatic cells nonreproductive cells?

Yes, somatic cells are non-reproductive cells.


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

Tell me about Somatic Cells ? Tell me about Somatic Cells ? Tell me about Somatic Cells ?


Is somatic cells associated with meiosis?

no. somatic cells are all cells of the body that are not gametes. meiosis only involves the production of gametes. not somatic cells


Do gametes come from germ cells of somatic cells?

somatic cell


What do somatic cells form?

Somatic cells make up the body cells, as opposed to the gametes, which are sex cells.


What is another name for normal body cells?

Another name for body cells is somatic cells.


Why do somatic cells divide?

Somatic cells divide in order for organisms to grow and replace the cells that die.


What kind of cells go through mitosis somatic cells or gametes?

Somatic cells undergo mitosis.


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.


What are somatic cells Short answer please?

Somatic cells are all the cells that make up an organism except for germ cells.


What is the purpose of somatic cells?

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.