title: A Prescribed Evolutionary Hypothesis.
abstract: I propose that phylogeny took place in a manner similar to that of ontogeny by the derepression of preformed genomic information which was expressed through release from latency (derepression) by the restructuring of existing chromosomal information (position effects). Both indirect and direct evidence is presented in support of the Prescribed Evolutionary Hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: University of Vermont, USA.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Davison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000235:genetics; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D010944:Plants; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000235:genetics