Explain why all somatic cells undergo mitosis, while only certain cells in the gonads undergo meiosis?

Question

Explain why all somatic cells undergo mitosis, while only certain cells in the gonads undergo meiosis?

Answer 1

because sometic cells need full chromosome but s*x cells need only half amonut of chromosome because 50% from dad and 50% from mom

Answer 2

Somatic cells undergo mitosis to produce genetically identical, diploid cells for growth and repair of body tissues.

Cells in the seminiferous tubules in the testes of males and in the ovaries of females undergo meiosis to produce genetically different gametes for sexual reproduction.

The gametes should have half the number of chromosomes as somatic cells so that the normal diploid number of chromosomes is restored at fertilisation. The gametes are genetically different to increase variation.

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Answer 3

somatic cells undergo mitosis because after replication of DNA when cells divide each cell contains 46 chromosomes

but cells which undergoes meiosis are specially designed with different organells to divide 4 times so that each cell would contain 23 chromosomes.in mitosis division is equational but in meiosis division is reductional