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Define somatic cells

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-Somatic comes from the greek word 'soma' which means body

-somatic cells are all types of cells that make up an organism, expect the organism's gamete cells

-in humans, somatic cells have 46 chromosomes which are divided into 23 pairs of genomes

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sorry if my English is a mess, because I use translation

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Step-by-step explanation:

Somatic cells are cells in the body which are different from the reproductive cells like the gametes that make up an organisms body but are does not function to form a new organism during reproduction. Somatic cells are basically cells other than the germ and the stem cells.

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