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explain how the number of chromosomes per cell is cut in half during meiosis, in which the
diploid parent cell produces haploid daughter cells.

During meiosis I, homologous chromosomes are pulled apart to produce two daughter cells. These daughter cells then divide again in meiosis II, only now it is the sister chromatids that are split apart. The ploidy of the daughter cells is less than the ploidy of the parent cells, thus resulting in diploid parent cells and haploid daughter cells.