Assertion: chromosome's cell | /r/HasProperty | cell
Facets:
value: as in most animals
type: OTHER
value: in humans
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: • Somatic cells (all cells except for eggs and sperm) are diploid; that is, they contain pairs of chromosomes, one member of each pair from each parent.
text: Early in embryonic development in females, one of the two X chromosomes is randomly and permanently inactivated in nearly all somatic cells (cells other than egg and sperm cells).
text: Haploid cells are cells that contain only one complete set of chromosomes.
text: In humans, as in most animals, the only haploid cells (i.e. having only one set of chromosomes) are the gametes and the cells (secondary spermatocytes and secondary oocytes) that divide (by meiosis II) to form them.