Question

What is the end result of meiosis? How many cells will there be in the end? Will they be identical or four different cells?

Answer 1

The cell is the basic unit of life and it carries out various functions. It grows and matures into an adult cell. after attaining maturity, it divides itself. The division leads to the production of the daughter cells which then grow and again divide themselves in order to multiply.

Complete answer:
Meiosis is the process in which the cell divides itself and produces daughter cells. This process is also known as the reductional division. The process involves two stages which are meiosis I and meiosis II. In meiosis I there is the production of two daughter cells and then these daughter cells undergo reduction division in the meiosis II stage.
-The meiosis leads to the production of the four daughter cells at the end of the process. One parent cell divides into two daughter cells first and then these daughter cells divide themselves again in order to yield the four daughter cells. The amount of chromosome content in the parent cell gets reduced and haploid daughter cells are produced with half the number of chromosomes.
-There would only be the production of four haploid daughter cells from the diploid parent cell. The parent cell will mature and undergo a reduction division to form these four daughter cells.
-The daughter cells formed will be different from each other as genetic recombination leads to the production of different types of cells in this meiosis division.

Note:
Meiosis is the process where the cell divides itself to form the four daughter cells. The mitotic division is the process in which equational division occurs and two daughter cells are formed. Meiosis is used in the gamete formation process.