During meiosis, each diploid parent cell divides
and produces
haploid daughter cells.
Meiosis is a type of cell division that occurs in sexually reproducing organisms. It consists of two rounds of cell division, known as meiosis I and meiosis II, resulting in the production of four genetically unique haploid daughter cells.
During meiosis I, the diploid parent cell undergoes homologous recombination and separates homologous chromosomes, resulting in two haploid cells with a mix of genetic material from each parent. During meiosis II, sister chromatids are separated, resulting in four haploid daughter cells with unique combinations of genetic material.
These haploid daughter cells have half the number of chromosomes as the original diploid parent cell and are genetically diverse, allowing for genetic variation in offspring during sexual reproduction.