Kake's Biological Word List
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Somatic
This means a purely bodily part of a plant or animal.
- When applied to a cell, it means a body cell as opposed to cells
of the germ line;
- When applied to a mutation, it means a mutation occurring in a body
cell;
- When applied to a number it means the basic number of
chromosomes in somatic cells.
Kake L Pugh