what is the chromosome number in daughter cells formed by meiosis from diploid parent cells?
(See figure below, where meiosis I begins with a diploid (2 n = 4) cell and ends with two haploid (n = 2) cells.) In humans (2 n = 46), who have 23 pairs of chromosomes, the number of chromosomes is reduced by half at the end of meiosis I (n = 23). Prophase I.