How are somatic cells different from gametes?(1 point)
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Somatic cells contain half the number of chromosomes.
Somatic cells contain half the number of chromosomes.
Somatic cells are sex cells.
Somatic cells are sex cells.
Somatic cell mutations are not passed to the next generation.
Somatic cell mutations are not passed to the next generation.
Somatic cells do not go through cell division.
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The correct response is: Somatic cell mutations are not passed to the next generation.
Somatic cells are all the body cells except for the gametes (sex cells), and they contain the full set of chromosomes. Unlike gametes, mutations in somatic cells are not inherited by the next generation.
