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Cells of a multicellular organism other than the reproductive cells are called:
AZygotic cells
BSomatic cells
CGametic cells
DHaploid cells
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Somatic cells
1. A body distinguishes its ordinary tissue cells from the cells that make gametes.
2. In an organism's somatic cells, sometimes referred to as body cells, the nucleus contains two copies of each chromosome.
3. Those copies are the homologous chromosomes.
4. Gametes, by contrast, hold only one copy of each.
_Source: OpenStax Biology for AP(R) Courses (CC BY 4.0), Ch 11 'Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction', sections 11.1-11.2_
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