Multiple Choice
Can a haploid cell initiate and complete meiosis? Why or why not?
9. Mitosis and Meiosis
Meiosis
Multiple Choice
How many daughter cells are produced from a single cell at the end of meiosis?
A
One
B
Two
C
Eight
D
Four
Verified step by step guidance1
Understand that meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half and produces gametes (sex cells).
Recall that meiosis consists of two consecutive divisions: meiosis I and meiosis II.
Recognize that one diploid parent cell undergoes meiosis I to produce two haploid cells.
Each of these two haploid cells then undergoes meiosis II, resulting in a total of four haploid daughter cells.
Therefore, the number of daughter cells produced from a single cell at the end of meiosis is four.
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