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by varun289 » Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:35 pm
Paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould has argued that many biological traits are not the products of natural
selection, favored due to their enhancement of reproduction or survival, but that they are simply random byproducts
of other evolutionary developments.
(A) due to their enhancement of reproduction or survival, but that they are
(B) due to the reproduction or survival they enhance, but they are
(C) because they enhance reproduction or survival, but
(D) because they enhance reproduction or survival, but are
(E) because of enhancing reproduction or survival, but are

why not E ?
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by Gowri@CrackVerbal » Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:48 am
Take a look at the meaning the sentence is trying to convey. Biological traits would be a product of natural selection if they had which property? The property of enhancing reproduction or survival. i.e. the answer to the question "What are responsible for the enhancement of reproduction or survival?" would be "biological traits".

In answer choice E, a clear reference that 'biological traits' enhance reproduction/survival is not evident. D fixes this issue through the use of 'they enhance'.
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