Question

Consider a cell where 2n=16. What will be the products of meiosis? A. Two haploid cells, each with 8 chromosomes B. Two diploid cells, each with 16 chromosomes C. Four haploid cells, each with 4 chromosomes D. Four haploid cells, each with 8 chromosomes

Answer 1

Option D is the right answer. Meiosis results in production of four haploid daughter cells which have half the number of chromosomes. Meiosis consists of two stages Meiosis I and II.

Meiosis I is like mitosis. The cell with 2n = 16 would produce 2 daughter cells with 2n = 16 after Meiosis I.

In Meiosis II, number of chromosomes reduces by half and each daughter cell produced in Meiosis I gives rise to another daughter cell thus four daughter cells are produced which are haploid thus are with 8 chromosomes.