AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Somatic cells are the cells in the body other than sperm and egg cells (which are called germ cells). In humans, somatic cells are diploid, meaning they contain two sets of chromosomes, one inherited from each parent.

Detailed explanation-2: -Somatic cell are all cells of the body other than the reproductive cells. These cells performs all the body functions apart from reproduction. Somatic cells are also known as non-reproductive cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -The word “somatic” is derived from the Greek word soma, meaning “body”. Hence, all body cells of an organism – apart from the sperm and egg cells, the cells from which they arise (gametocytes) and undifferentiated stem cells – are somatic cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -Somatic cells are body cells and gametes are our sex cells, or sperm and eggs. Somatic cells have a diploid genome. This means that they get two copies of each chromosome, one from mom and one from dad. Gametes on the other hand are formed through a process called meiosis, which creates a haploid genome.

Detailed explanation-5: -Humans, and other species whose somatic cells contain chromosomes arranged in pairs, are known as “diploid” organisms (their germline cells, which contain only single unpaired chromosomes, are known as “haploid").