Saltatory evolution

(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.

saltatory evolution

sal·ta·to·ry ev·o·lu·tion

the theory that evolution of a new species from an older one may occur as a large jump, such as a major repatterning of chromosomes, rather than by gradual accumulation of small steps or mutations. Compare: emergent evolution.

sal·ta·to·ry evo·lu·tion

(sal'tă-tōr-ē ev'ŏ-lū'shŭn) The theory that evolution of a new species from an older one may occur as a large jump, such as a major repatterning of chromosomes, rather than by gradual accumulation of small steps or mutations.

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