AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -At this point, nuclear division begins, and the parent cell is divided in half, forming 2 daughter cells. Each daughter cell will have half of the original 46 chromosomes, or 23 chromosomes. Each chromosome consists of 2 sister chromatids .

Detailed explanation-2: -After cytokinesis, each cell has divided again. Therefore, meiosis results in four haploid genetically unique daughter cells, each with half the DNA of the parent cell (Figure below). In human cells, the parent cell has 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), so the cells produced by meiosis have 23 chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-3: -During meiosis II, each cell containing 46 chromatids yields two cells, each with 23 chromosomes. Originally, there were two cells that underwent meiosis II; therefore, the result of meiosis II is four cells, each with 23 chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-4: -1) If the cell divides by mitosis, the daughter cells will have 46 chromosomes. Mitosis is equational division and the amount of chromosomes remains same. 2)If the cell divides by meiosis, the daughter cells will have 23 chromosomes. Meiosis is reductional division and the number of chromosomes gets reduced by half.

Detailed explanation-5: -The daughter cells are also genetically identical to the parent cell. All of the 46 chromosomes in somatic cells divide and then separate through the process of mitosis. The result is two daughter cells that also contain 46 chromosomes.