Parental decisions about how much of their own resosurces to devote to reproduction instead of to their own growth and survival and about how to allocate the available resources among their offspring can lead to
A) interbrood conflict.
B) intrabrood conflict.
C) sexual conflict.
D) all of the above.

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Parental decisions regarding resource allocation can lead to all of the mentioned conflicts: interbrood conflict (among different sets of offspring), intrabrood conflict (within a single set of offspring), and sexual conflict (between the male and female parents over resource allocation). These conflicts arise because the interests of parents and their offspring, as well as among the offspring themselves, may not always align.

Parental Decisions About How Much of Their Own Resosurces to Devote