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Multiple Choice
During meiosis starting from one diploid parent cell, how many daughter cells are produced at the end of meiosis II?
A
Four haploid daughter cells
B
Two diploid daughter cells
C
Eight haploid daughter cells
D
Four diploid daughter cells
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Recall that meiosis consists of two consecutive divisions: meiosis I and meiosis II, starting from one diploid parent cell.
Understand that meiosis I separates homologous chromosomes, resulting in two haploid cells, each with duplicated chromosomes.
Recognize that meiosis II separates sister chromatids of each chromosome, similar to mitosis, producing daughter cells with single chromatids.
Since meiosis II acts on the two haploid cells from meiosis I, it results in a total of four daughter cells.
Each of these four daughter cells is haploid, containing one set of chromosomes, because the chromosome number is halved during meiosis I and maintained during meiosis II.