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What is the difference between somatic and germ cells
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What is the difference between somatic and germ cells

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Germ cells produced gametes and are only cells that undergo meiosis as well as mitosis. Somatic cells are all the other cells that form the building blocks of the body and they only divide by mitosis.
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