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Somatic Cells: The cells produced by mitosis are differentiated into distinct types of somatic cells, which are specialized for a certain function. Gametes: The cells produced by meiosis of germ cells are directly used as gametes.
In humans, these somatic cells contain two full sets of chromosomes (making them diploid cells). Gametes, on the other hand, are involved directly in the reproductive cycle and are most often haploid cells, meaning they only have one set of chromosomes.
Somatic cells are responsible for forming different organs. Gametes are responsible for carrying out reproduction. Male gamete or sperm fuses with the female gamete or ova resulting in zygote formation which evolves to become the offspring.
Somatic cells are any cell in the body that are not gametes (sperm or egg), germ cells (cells that go on to become gametes), or stem cells. Essentially, all cells that make up an organism’s body and are not used to directly form a new organism during reproduction are somatic cells.
In cellular biology, a somatic cell (from Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma) 'body'), or vegetal cell, is any biological cell forming the body of a multicellular organism other than a gamete, germ cell, gametocyte or undifferentiated stem cell. [1]
Somatic vs. Gametic Cells. The somatic cell shown to the right is the type of cell that you will find in most parts of an animal's body, from its skin to its heart. The nucleus of a somatic cell contains a fixed number of chromosome s, usually present in pairs.
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