How many daughter cells are produced at the end of Meiosis II, and what is their ploidy?
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Correct answer: Four haploid cells
Meiosis consists of two rounds of division following a single round of DNA replication. This results in four haploid daughter cells, each genetically distinct from the parent cell.
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