A somatic cell that has just completed the S phase of its cell cycle, as compared to gamete of the same species, has
A somatic cell that has just completed the S phase of its cell cycle, as compared to gamete of the same species has twice the number of chromosomes and four times the amount of DNA.
A somatic cell normally has 2n number of chromosomes and 2c amount of DNA. When this cell enters the S phase, The DNA undergoes duplication, but the sister chromatids are still held by the same centromere. Therefore, the number of chromosomes remains the same (2n) but the amount of DNA doubles (4c)
When the cells of the same species undergoes meiosis. The number of chromosomes become n and the amount of DNA becomes c. So, we can clearly see that the somatic cells have double the number of chromosomes and four times the amount of DNA.
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