Spindle apparatus forms and chromosomes move toward the metaphase II plate. Chromosomes align singly on the metaphase plate. Kinetochores of sister chromatids point toward opposite poles. Centromeres of sister chromatids separate. Nuclei form at opposite poles of the cell.
Cytokinesis occurs producing four haploid daughter cells.
Meiosis is a reduction division. Cells produced by mitosis have the same number of chromosomes as the original cell, whereas cells produced by meiosis have half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell. Meiosis creates genetic variation. Mitosis produces two daughter cells genetically identical to the parent cell and to each other. Meiosis produces four daughter cells genetically different from the parent cell and from each other.