If a parent cell has eight chromosomes, then the daughter cells following meiosis will have:

four chromosomes

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sixteen chromosomes

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eight chromosomes

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any one of these

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Solution

The correct option is A four chromosomes
During Meiosis (reductional division) the number of chromosome gets reduced to half after the completion of meiosis.
So the correct answer is 'four chromosomes'.

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