When three cells undergo meiosis, a total of six haploid cells are produced.
Meiosis is a type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half. It consists of two rounds of division: meiosis I and meiosis II. Each round of division occurs in each of the original cells.
In meiosis I, each of the three diploid cells divides to form two haploid cells. Thus, from three cells, we get:
- 3 cells × 2 = 6 haploid cells after meiosis I
Then, in meiosis II, each of these haploid cells undergoes division again. However, since we already calculated the total number of haploid cells produced, we can see that the number remains unchanged through this round of division.
Therefore, the final answer remains that three cells undergoing meiosis yield a total of six haploid cells.