Question

Despite having different functions, one would expect a muscle cell and a liver cell from the same organism to be
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: that is, they should have exactly the same DNA.

Answer 1

Despite having different functions, one would expect a muscle cell and a liver cell from the same organism to be **diploid**, that is, they should have exactly the same DNA. Both types of cells contain the same complete set of genetic information, which is characteristic of the organism. However, while the DNA is identical, the expression of specific genes differs between muscle and liver cells, leading to their specialized functions.