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Somatic vs Germline - What's the difference?

somatic | germline |

As an adjective somatic

is part of, or relating to the body of an organism.

As a noun germline is

those cells of an individual that have genetic material that could be passed to offspring; the source of gametes.

somatic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
  • Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.
    • the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo

    Related terms

    * psychosomatic * chromosome * somatology * somatoplasm

    germline

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia germline) (en noun)
  • those cells of an individual that have genetic material that could be passed to offspring; the source of gametes