How does a sperm cell differ from a somatic cell?

Answer 1

Germ cell mutations can be passed on to offspring, somatic cell mutations cannot

Answer 2

A germ cell is a cell that gives rise to gametes of an organism that reproduces sexually. In many animals, the germ cells originate near the gut of an embryo and migrate to the developing gonads. The only cells of the human body not produce by mitosis are the gametes, which develop in the gonads- ovaries in females and testes in males. Gametes are formed by a variation of cell division called meiosis, which yields nonidentical daughter cells that only have one set of chromosomes.

Gametes contain a single chromosome set and has a haploid number of chromosomes (n).

A somatic cell-any cell other than a gamete- in a multi-cellular organism has a diploid number of chromosomes (2n). We inherit one chromosome of each pair from each parent. The word "somatic" is derived from the Greek word sōma, meaning "body". Somatic cells make up all the internal organs, skin, bones, blood, and connective tissue. Mitosis and cytokinesis produced somatic cells that make up the body, and the same processes continue to generate new cells to replace dead and damage ones.

Answer 3

A sperm cell is a specialized reproductive cell with half the genetic material of a somatic cell (23 chromosomes). Sperm cells are involved in sexual reproduction in males, while somatic cells make up the majority of the body and have a full set of chromosomes (46 in humans).

Answer 4

Somatic cells are the cells that make up the body

Ex. Liver cells, skin cells, nerve cells, epithelial cells

somatic cells undergo mitosis. here, they contain the whole number of chromosomes of an individual.

germ cells on the other hand are the cells primarily functioning for reproduction.

Ex. Sperm Cells and Egg Cells (they are the only examples)

germ cells undergo meiosis. here, halving of the chromosomal number happens.

Answer 5

somatic cells are those form the body of organisms while germ line cells are those which give rise to gemete somatic cells undergo mitosis while germ line cells undergo meiosis and gamete are reproductive cells

Answer 6

Somatic cells are all body cells of an organism. Examples include internal organs, skin, bone, blood, and connective tissue. These cells have a complete set of 46 chromosomes (23 from mother and 23 from father). Sperm as well as ova, also known as germ cells, only have one half of the parent's chromosomes (sperm-23, ova-23). During conception the two gametes, sperm and ova, unite forming a zygote containing 46 chromosomes.

Answer 7

Germ cells are technically germline cells or "gametes." They are the cells of the sexual, reproductive system (the spermatozoa and ova). The somatic cells are all the other cells in the body.

Answer 8

Gametes are reproductive cells and somatic cells are all the other cells that make up an organism.

Answer 9

Somatic: diploid (full set of DNA); all cells except sex cells; produced via mitosis

Gamete: haploid (half set of DNA; these are sex cells (egg or sperm); produced via meiosis

Answer 10

A gamete cell is a sex cell, while somatic cells are all other body cells.