Understand that meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half, resulting in four genetically distinct daughter cells.
Recall that meiosis consists of two consecutive divisions: meiosis I and meiosis II.
During meiosis I, homologous chromosomes are separated into two cells, each containing half the number of chromosomes as the original cell.
In meiosis II, the sister chromatids in each of the two cells from meiosis I are separated, resulting in four cells.
Each of the four cells formed at the end of meiosis has a haploid set of chromosomes, meaning they contain one set of chromosomes from the original diploid cell.