Multiple Choice
In meiosis, how many successive nuclear divisions occur to produce haploid cells from a diploid cell?
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9. Mitosis and Meiosis
Meiosis
Multiple Choice
In a typical meiotic division of one diploid germ cell (meiosis I followed by meiosis II), how many daughter cells are produced?
A
Two diploid daughter cells
B
Four haploid daughter cells
C
Two haploid daughter cells
D
Eight haploid daughter cells
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Understand that meiosis consists of two consecutive divisions: meiosis I and meiosis II, starting from one diploid germ cell.
Recall that meiosis I is a reductional division where homologous chromosomes separate, resulting in two haploid cells, each with duplicated chromosomes.
Recognize that meiosis II is an equational division similar to mitosis, where sister chromatids separate, doubling the number of cells from meiosis I.
Calculate the total number of daughter cells produced by multiplying the number of cells after meiosis I by 2 (due to meiosis II), which is \(2 \times 2 = 4\).
Note that these four daughter cells are haploid, containing one set of chromosomes each, because chromosome number is halved during meiosis I.
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