Saltational definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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When postulating saltations, says Gould (1980), "I do not refer to the saltational of entire designs complete in all their complex and integrated features ... instead, I envisage a potential saltational origin for the essential features of key adaptions.

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Over the years I would say there was a backing off by Gould and Eldredge from considering what evolutionary biologists would call saltational mechanisms, which are true jumps. — ScreenTalk
Even though Gould & Eldredge backed off of saltational mechanisms, we now know from embryology that saltational mechanisms are very plausible mechanisms of evolutionary change. — ScreenTalk
This is not at all valid and I think it's a big mistake because we know there are non-linear and what I call saltational mechanisms of embryonic development that could have contributed - and I'm virtually certain that they did - to evolution. — ScreenTalk
Other versions of the phrase lose some of the religious reference, while keeping the saltational aspect intact. — EclipseMagazine
He cites non-linear and saltational mechanisms of embryonic development contributing to evolution. — Darwiniana