Cell division has three main functions which are reproduction of unicellular organisms and the production of gametes and growth in eukaryotes. The process of meiosis in eukaryotes produces sex cells or gametes with half the chromosome compliment of somatic cell and Cell division is the process by which a parent cell divides into two or more daughter cells. Cell division usually occurs as part of a larger cell cycle. ... Meiosis results in four haploid daughter cells by undergoing one round of DNA replication followed by two divisions.