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The first time you pick up your pet hamster it recoils in fear,but after a week of handling,your hamster is not bothered anymore.What change came over your hamster through the simple act of repetitive handling?


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Phenotypes

Observable characteristics or traits of an organism resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.

Plasticity

A property of the brain that causes it to change through experience, drugs, or injury.

Epigenetics

Epigenetics involves the study of changes in gene expression that do not involve alterations to the DNA sequence, often influenced by environmental factors.

Neurogenesis

The process by which new neurons are formed in the brain.

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