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7. You perform a karyotype on a human cell and find that it has 23 chromosomes. Is this a somatic cell or gamete? How do you know?
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7. You perform a karyotype on a human cell and find that it has 23 chromosomes. Is this a somatic cell or

gamete? How do you know?

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Gamete. Gametes contain half the number of chromosomes somatic cells do. Somatic cells contain 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), whereas gametes contain 23 chromosomes.
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