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Gametes contain ________ the genetic material that a somatic (body) cell contains.

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The answer to this question would be: half of

Gametes cell is a haploid cell that only has half of genetic material from the parent cells. The process of making gamete cells is called meiosis.
The gamete is haploid because it was used in fertilization and need to fuse with other gametes(example: sperm with the egg) resulting in a full paired chromosomes.
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