-A somatic cell is any cell that isnt a sex cell. Assuming it is referring to a diploid organism like humans, it would be 12. I would argue that the answer could be no homologous pairs if its a monopolid organism like a male bee, wasp or ant. Or it could be 6 if its a tetraploid organism like some species of tree frogs I believe.......
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A somatic cell is any cell that isn't a sex cell. Assuming it is referring to a diploid organism like humans, it would be 12. I would argue that the answer could be no homologous pairs if its a monopolid organism like a male bee, wasp or ant. Or it could be 6 if it's a tetraploid organism like some species of tree frogs I believe. But I just enjoy arguing with teachers who don't specify things in their questions enough :)
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