Which of the following is true of meiosis?
a. daughter cells contain one chromosome from each homologous pair.
b. daughter cells contain both chromosomes from each homologous pair.
c. meiosis produces somatic cells.
d. meiosis produced diploid cells.

A. Daughter cells contain one chromosome from each homologous pair.

Explanation:

Anaphase I of meiosis I is marked by segregation of homologous chromosomes of a homologous pair to the opposite poles. This event leads to the presence of only one chromosome (paternal or maternal) from each homologous pair in the daughter cells.

Example: A sperm mother cell in human has 23 homologous pairs while each of the four sperms formed by meiosis in it has only one chromosome from each of 23 homologous pairs, that is total 23 chromosomes.