Final answer:
After meiosis I, a mother cell with an initial DNA content of 24C will produce daughter cells each with a DNA content of 12C, as the cell division halves the chromosome number resulting in haploid cells.
Step-by-step explanation:
If the DNA content of a mother cell is 24C, then after meiosis I, the DNA content of each daughter cell will be 12C. During meiosis I, the cell undergoes a single round of DNA replication followed by two rounds of cell division, effectively halving the chromosome number. After the first division in meiosis I, each new cell contains one complete set of chromosomes or half the DNA content of the parent cell. In a human cell, which typically has 46 chromosomes (23 pairs), meiosis results in cells with 23 chromosomes. These resulting cells from meiosis I are known as haploid because they contain one copy of each gene in contrast to the diploid state (2n) of the mother cell that contains two sets of chromosomes.