After the first meiotic division, the two daughter cells ____

a. are identical to each other
b. replicate their DNA before dividing again
c. contain unequal chromosome numbers
d. have half the diploid number of chromosomes
e. always contain equal numbers of paternal and maternal chromosomes


ANSWER: d

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