When cells express specific genes that characterise a certain type of cell we say that a cell has become differentiated.
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A somatic cell is any cell in the body other than cells involved in reproduction.
Somatic stem cells divide by mitosisclosemitosisA type of cell division which produces daughter cells identical to the parent. to form more somatic cells.
In mitosis, two cells called daughter cellsclosedaughter cellsCells formed from the division of a cell. are produced, each identical to the parent cell.