NEET BIOLOGY

CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION

CELL DIVISION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many daughter cells are produced from meiosis?
A
10
B
6
C
4
D
2
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -At the conclusion of meiosis, there are four haploid daughter cells that go on to develop into either sperm or egg cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -In meiosis, the parent cell which is diploid (has 2 copies of each chromosome(2n)) undergoes DNA replication followed by 2 separate cycles of nuclear division resulting in 4 haploid (n) daughter cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -Meiosis is a process where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half the original amount of genetic information.

Detailed explanation-4: -During meiosis, the cell divides twice to produce four, haploid cells. For example, human somatic cells have 46 chromosomes. Prior to mitosis cells undergo DNA replication to create 92 chromosomes. Then, the cell goes through meiosis I and each daughter cell gets 46 chromosomes.

Detailed explanation-5: -The overall process of meiosis produces four daughter cells from one single parent cell. Each daughter cell is haploid, because it has half the number of chromosomes as the original parent cell.

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