What are the answer choices?
Answer:
d. There are allocation trade-offs between fecundity and other traits.
Explanation:
for lower-than-expected fecundity , despite increased fitness is plausible because there are allocation fecundity and other traits.
Fecundity is nothing but the ability of an organism to produce and abundance of off-spring. It is same as fertility. Fecundity also depends upon size of the organism. This is called allocation fecundity.
Hence, option d is correct.
It was the general feature of "checks and balances" that was included to address the concern expressed by James Madison, since his main concern was that one part of the government, such as the executive branch, would become too powerful.
