what is the difference between D and E, whats wrong with E

Question No.285: 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 by-products 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

Beginner Asked on October 25, 2016 in Sentence Correction.
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because of + verb- ing – > is generally not considered idiomatic by the GMAT.

Expert Answered on October 25, 2016.
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