Question

how many chromosomes are in the daughter cells of a cell that goes through meiosis, if the cell initially had 4 chromosomes.

Answer 1

Meiosis is a process which involves 2 times of cellular division. Each time, chromosomal volume is being halved.

If at first, cell starts with 4 chromosomes ( x x x x ), after the first division which results in 2 daughter cells, each cell will have 2 chromosomes ( x x ), since homologous chromosomes pair up in Meiosis I ( xx xx ), and each pair is broken at Anaphase I.

During Meiosis II ( x x ), sister chromatids are broken at Anaphase II. Each resulting cell will only have 2 chromosomes ( < > ).

So, if you want to check, there will be 4 daughter cells from a single cell after meiosis has occurred. Each daughter cell will have 2 chromosomes ( < > ). At first, there were 4 chromosomes in total ( x x x x ), now, there are ( < > ) ( < > ) ( < > ) ( < > ).

Each bracket ( ... ) represents a cell

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

There are exactly 24 chromosomes in a girl cell and 24 in a boy cell.