Meiosis occurs in reproductive cells while mitosis occurs in somatic. What is the meaning of the word "somatic"?
1 Answer
Jan 16, 2017
The word 'soma' comes from Greek word, meaning 'body'.
Explanation:
Somatic cells form the body of a multicellular organism, but gametes (egg/sperm) are not produced by such cells.
Meiosis takes place within a small number of reproductive cells/germ cells which give rise to gametes.
Hence somatic cells are not involved in inheritance.
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