Question

How are somatic cells different from gametes? (1 point)
O Somatic cells contain half the number of chromosomes.
O Somatic cells are sex cells.
O Somatic cells do not go through cell division.
O Somatic cell mutations are not passed to the next generation.

Answer 1

Option D.) “Somatic cell mutations are not passed to the next generation” is correct.

Somatic cells, also known as body cells, undergo a mitotic process of cell division in which only one division takes place. Unlike somatic cells, gametes (otherwise known as sex cells) go through cell division twice in a process known as meiosis. Somatic cells differ from gametes because essentially, somatic cells undergo mitosis which doesn’t pass the mutations down to the next generation.