No, Meiosis II is functionally the same as mitosis and consists of the same phases. The chromosome number remains haploid, and daughter cells are genetically identical to the parent cell. read more
Independent assortment does not happen in mitosis, it happens in meiosis. In metaphase I of meiosis, synapsed homologous chromosomes align independently of one another along the metaphase plate. That is to say, one aligning in a certain fashion has no effect on another aligning in a certain fashion. read more