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From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: Darwin Radio [was: First real post - Hugo Noms]


> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 1/27/2003 6:48:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> > > 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.  :(
>

Because it had to be taken with a grain of salt?

Dan M.


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