In an organism, if the normal diploid number of chromosomes is 8, how many chromatids are present in each daughter cell at the end of meiosis I?

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The correct option is C 8
If the normal diploid number of chromosomes is eight. After meiosis I, each cell will have half the number of chromosomes, i.e., 4 chromosomes as meiosis I is reductional division. As each chromosome is comprised of two chromatids, the number of chromatids in each cell will be eight.

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