3. What is the name of the
cells capable of making
gametes? What is the ploidy
of these gamete-forming
cells?

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The cells that form are the
germ cells opposed to the somatic
. The ploidy (number of
) of the germ cellsis
same as the somatic (only during
the formation gametes meiosis occurs
and number of chromosomes is
to half).