Question

why is it important that meiosis result in daughter cells that have half of the original cell’s chromosomes?

Answer 1

Each daughter cell will have half of the original 46 chromosomes, or 23 chromosomes. Each chromosome consists of 2 sister chromatids. The daughter cells now move in to the third and final phase of meiosis: meiosis II. At the end of meiosis I there are two haploid cells.