[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> In a message dated 1/27/2003 6:48:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> > But isn't speciation itself a jump? You can't change
> > from a being with, say, 44 chromosomes per cell to a
> > being with 46 without a jump.
>
> A few more thoughts. The notion of an evolutionary jump is called a
> saltation and the theory was put forth by Richard Goldsmicht
Do you know why it's called a saltation? I think it was explained to me
once in college, but I've forgotten. :(
Julia
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