At the end of meiosis, a total of four daughter cells are produced from one parent cell. Each of these daughter cells is haploid, meaning they contain half the number of chromosomes compared to the original diploid parent cell. This reduction in chromosome number occurs because meiosis involves two rounds of cell division (meiosis I and meiosis II) following a single round of DNA replication
- After meiosis I, two daughter cells are formed, each with half the chromosome number but still consisting of sister chromatids.
- Meiosis II then separates the sister chromatids, resulting in four genetically unique haploid daughter cells
Thus, the final outcome of meiosis is four haploid daughter cells, each with one copy of each chromosome
