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| | Saltation |
 | | 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 unorthodox emphasis on saltation as a means of evolutionary change is called saltationism. |
| | The term is used for occasionally hypothesized, nongradual changes—especially single-step speciation—that are atypical of, or violate, standard Darwinian evolution. |
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