Daughter cells are cells that are the result of a single dividing parent cell . Two daughter cells are the final result from the mitotic process while four cells are the final result from the meiotic process. For organisms that reproduce via sexual reproduction, daughter cells result from meiosisMeiosis Meiosis /maɪˈoʊsᵻs/ is a specialized type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half. This process occurs in all sexually reproducing single-celled and multicellular eukaryotes, including animals, plants, and fungi. Errors in meiosis resulting in aneuploidy are the l… .