B. the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell. - as a result of mitosis.
Different types of fish live for different amount of times. For example, Bettas live up to two years, Loaches live u to 10 years, and Goldfish live for a few or many decades. Most of the average fish don't live up as long as they could.
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Theory of punctuated equilibrium may also know as punctuated equilibria, it was first presented in 1972 by Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould, the pattern describe is by the long duration of stability after the rupture patterns of evolutionary change.
