Saltatory evolution

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(Biol.) a theory of evolution which holds that the transmutation of species is not always gradual, but that there may come sudden and marked variations. See Saltation.

See also: Saltatory

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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special reference to the theory of non-adaptive saltatory evolution.
Optimization theory in plant evolution: an overview of long-term evolutionary prospects in the angiosperms
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