Question

How many daughter cells are produced from meiosis of one parent cell?

Answer 1

One parent cell produces four daughter cells through meiosis.

Meiosis:

1. Meiosis is divided into two stages: meiosis 1 and meiosis 2.
2. Prophase 1, metaphase 1, anaphase 1, and telophase 1 are the four stages of meiosis 1.
3. Leptotene, zygotene, pachytene, diakinesis, and diplotene are the five substages of the prophase.
4. Sister chromatids are not split in anaphase 1, but homologous chromosomes are, and two daughter cells are formed at the end of meiosis 1.
5. Following meiosis 1, the cell undergoes a rest phase known as interphase or interkinesis, after which meiosis 2 begins.
6. Meiosis 2 contains the same five stages as meiosis 1, but the prophase is a simpler process that is comparable to the mitosis prophase.
7. The chromatids of the daughter cells also separate during anaphase two, resulting in four daughter cells at the end of meiosis 2.
8. As a result, one parent cell produces four daughter cells through meiosis.