noun. The act of leaping, jumping, or dancing.

noun. Discontinuous movement, transition, or development; advancement by leaps.

noun. A single mutation that drastically alters the phenotype.

noun. undefined

noun. The name ‘saltation,’ or in recent years ‘mutation, has been applied to extreme fluctuation, the immediate cause of which is unknown. The experiments of Dr. Hugo de Vries on the saltations of the descendants of an American form of evening primrose (Œnothera lamarckiana) have recently drawn general attention again to the possibility that saltation has had a large part in the process of formation of species.

noun. Saltatory action; the act or movement of leaping, or effecting a saltus; a leap or jump; hence, abrupt transition or change.

noun. Jumping movement; beating or palpitation.

noun. A leaping or jumping.

noun. Beating or palpitation.

noun. An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races.

noun. A leap, jump or dance.

noun. Beating or palpitation.

noun. A sudden change from one generation to the next; a mutation.

noun. Any abrupt transition.

noun. The transport of loose particles by a fluid (such as wind or flowing water).

noun. (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface

noun. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

noun. an abrupt transition

noun. taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

noun. (genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species

"One of the primary indications that the RNA signatures are, in fact, remnants of an evolutionary saltation is their discrete character."

action  activity  chromosomal mutation  genetic mutation  mutation  

ay  blousard  bottomland  cirrus  conspicuousness  

dance  jump