Somatic cells undergo mitosis and germ cells undergo meiosis. Somatic cell: is any biological cell forming the body of an organism; that is, in a multicellular organism, any cell other than a gamete, germ cell, gametocyte or undifferentiated stem cell. read more
Meiosis is a special type of cell division that takes place only in cells involved in sexual reproduction. In higher organisms like humans, these are immature sperm cells in males and developing eggs in females. All other cells in your body use a different type of cell division, called mitosis, to produce new cells. read more
Germ cells undergo meiosis. Germ cells are found in the male and female gonads and form sperm and eggs. Meiosis produces haploid gametes, which contain only one set of chromosomes, instead of diploid somatic cells, which contain two. read more