How do the sperm or egg cells made in meiosis compare to the original cell?

Question

Egg or sperm are identical to each other and identical to the original cell

Egg or sperm are identical to each other but different from the original cell

Egg or sperm are different from each other but identical to the original cell

Egg or sperm are different from each other and different from the original cell

Answer 1

The correct comparison is:

Egg or sperm are different from each other and different from the original cell.

Meiosis produces gametes (sperm and egg cells) that have half the number of chromosomes as the original diploid cell and are genetically distinct from one another due to the processes of independent assortment and crossing over that occur during meiosis.