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Multiple Choice
In a typical diploid organism, how many daughter cells are produced from one starting cell at the end of meiosis II?
A
4 haploid daughter cells
B
2 haploid daughter cells
C
2 diploid daughter cells
D
8 haploid daughter cells
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Recall that meiosis consists of two consecutive divisions: meiosis I and meiosis II, starting from one diploid (2n) parent cell.
Understand that meiosis I separates homologous chromosomes, resulting in two haploid (n) cells, each with duplicated sister chromatids.
Recognize that meiosis II separates the sister chromatids of each haploid cell, similar to mitosis but starting with haploid cells.
Since meiosis II acts on the two haploid cells produced by meiosis I, each divides into two daughter cells, doubling the number of cells from two to four.
Conclude that the total number of daughter cells produced at the end of meiosis II from one starting diploid cell is four haploid daughter cells.