Jan Koekepan@sim In a dozen generations, researchers bred hamsters that were basically supine stuffed toys, and pathologically vicious little murderers.
Also, anecdotally, as a farmer, I can report that a large amount is certainly heritable. It may be possible to rouse a little risk orientation in a population in which it had been substantially bred out, but it would be hard.
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