A sensitive period is ____.
A. any time in an organism's life when it is sensitive to hormones released by the sexually dimorphic nucleus
B. an early period when a hormone has a long lasting effect
C. an early period when a hormone has an intense, but brief, effect
D. a period of time, usually once a month, when hormones are released
Answer: B
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