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What is the difference between somatic cells and gametes?

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• Stem cells give rise to somatic cells, and germ cells give rise to gametes. • Meiosis does not take place during the production of somatic cells, whereas meiosis takes place during gametogenesis (production of gametes) giving rise to haploid cells. read more

Gametes are sex cells, so the egg and sperm. They are considered haploid because each gamete contains half the number of chromosomes that an organism's somatic cells will have. Produced through meiosis, human gametes each have 23 chromosomes. read more

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