In an Experiment It Was Found That Newborn Rats Who

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In an experiment it was found that newborn rats who were genetically predisposed to be skittish, nervous, and high-strung would develop into calm, exploratory, and stress-resistant adult rats when raised by genetically unrelated, attentive mothers. Although the rats' DNA did not change, the chemicals that controlled their gene expression did change, a phenomenon called:

• A)epigenetic change.
• B)allele variation.
• C)recessive gene mutation.
• D)dominant gene mutation.

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