What type of human cells undergo mitosis?

Organisms have two lines of cells, somatic (soma = body) cells and germ (reproductive) cells. Every somatic cell in an organism's body undergoes mitosis, this includes skin cells, blood cells, bone cells, organ cells, the structural cells of plants and fungi, etc. read more

Somatic cells go through the process of mitosis. The Genetics Home Reference website defines a somatic cell as any cell that is not an egg cell or sperm cell. read more

Almost all human cells have the potential to undergo mitosis with the following exceptions: mature red blood cells, primary oocytes & spermatocytes, and the G0 cells. Mature red blood cells have ejected their nucleus, so they can't divide. read more

By Daniel Walton; Updated March 13, 2018 Meiosis is a special type of cell division that takes place only in cells involved in sexual reproduction. read more