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: -Body cells are called somatic cells. Somatic cells arise through the process of mitosis. In most organisms, they are diploid, containing two copies of each chromosome.

Detailed explanation-3: -Any of the body cells except the reproductive (germ) cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -In cellular biology, a somatic cell (from Ancient Greek (sôma) ‘body’), or vegetal cell, is any biological cell forming the body of a multicellular organism other than a gamete, germ cell, gametocyte or undifferentiated stem cell.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.