Question

How are somatic cells different from gametes?(1 point)
Responses

Somatic cells contain half the number of chromosomes.
Somatic cells contain half the number of chromosomes.

Somatic cell mutations are not passed to the next generation.
Somatic cell mutations are not passed to the next generation.

Somatic cells are sex cells.
Somatic cells are sex cells.

Somatic cells do not go through cell division.

1 answer

The correct response is:

Somatic cell mutations are not passed to the next generation.

Somatic cells are any cells in the body that are not gametes (sex cells), and they contain the full set of chromosomes (diploid number), not half. Mutations in somatic cells do not get passed on to offspring, while gametes do carry genetic information to the next generation. Somatic cells do go through cell division, contrary to the last statement.