Answer:
4 daughter cells that are haploid and genetically different from parent cell.
Explanation:
Meiosis is a kind of cell division that results in daughter cells with a reduced number of chromosome (by half). Meiosis is employed by sexually-reproducing organisms only during gamete formation. Since meiosis is used to produce gametes, which must contain half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell, it occurs in a two step division process namely: Meiosis I and II.
Meiosis I involves the separation of homologous chromosomes (similar but non-identical chromosomes received from each parent). The reduction in chromosomal number occurs in meiosis I i.e. Diploid state (2n) to Haploid state (n).
Each daughter cell produced from meiosis I undergoes another round of division but this time, sister chromatids (replicated chromosomes) separate. This is called meiosis II.
At the end of the meiotic process, four (4) daughter cells (gametes) will result with each possessing a haploid number of chromosome (n).
N.B: The gametes can be genetically different from the parent cell due to the CROSSING-OVER that occurs in the prophase stage. Crossing-over is the exchange of chromosmal material between the non-sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes.
