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saltationist — saltāˈtionist noun Someone who supports saltationism as a theory • • • Main Entry: ↑saltant … Useful english dictionary
saltationism — saltationist, n. /sal tay sheuh niz euhm/, n. Biol. any of several theories holding that the evolution of species proceeds in major steps by the abrupt transformation of an ancestral species into a descendant species of a different type, rather… … Universalium
saltationism — saltationist, n. /sal tay sheuh niz euhm/, n. Biol. any of several theories holding that the evolution of species proceeds in major steps by the abrupt transformation of an ancestral species into a descendant species of a different type, rather… … Useful english dictionary
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Saltation (biology) — In biology, saltation (from Latin, saltus , leap ) is a sudden change from one generation to the next, that is large, or very large, in comparison with the usual variation of an organism. The term is used for occasionally hypothesized, nongradual … Wikipedia