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Definition of Saltations
1. saltation [n] - See also: saltation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saltations
Literary usage of Saltations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Experimental zoology by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1907)
"Selection under Domestication 0} Mutations, saltations, Sports, and Discontinuous
Varieties in General It is probable that the sudden occurrence of sports ..."
2. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1912)
"That he believed in the adding up of minor saltations there can be no question ;
but on the admirable ground that no evidence had been adduced in nature of ..."
3. Popular Science Monthly (1904)
"The whole tendency of paleontological discovery is to resolve what are apparently
saltations or discontinuities into processes of continuous change. ..."
4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute, Edward C. Hegeler (1905)
"we have been able to make repeated observations of the general principles which
govern breaks, or saltations in heredity, and to observe in what manner such ..."
5. The Standard Natural History by John Sterling Kingsley, Frederich Anton Heller von Hellwald, Elliott Coues (1884)
"He realizes that "leaps, gaps, saltations, or whatever they may be called, do
occur" in the evolution of forms. Mr. Dalí remarks that " the apparent leaps ..."
6. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1907)
"we have been able to make repeated observations of the general principles which
govern breaks, or saltations in heredity, and to observe in what manner such ..."
7. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"We are thus led to what have been called saltations in evolution. Although the
history of palaeontology has continually added to our knowledge of past forms ..."
8. Experimental zoology by Thomas Hunt Morgan (1907)
"Selection under Domestication 0} Mutations, saltations, Sports, and Discontinuous
Varieties in General It is probable that the sudden occurrence of sports ..."
9. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1912)
"That he believed in the adding up of minor saltations there can be no question ;
but on the admirable ground that no evidence had been adduced in nature of ..."
10. Popular Science Monthly (1904)
"The whole tendency of paleontological discovery is to resolve what are apparently
saltations or discontinuities into processes of continuous change. ..."
11. The Monist by Hegeler Institute, Edward C. Hegeler (1905)
"we have been able to make repeated observations of the general principles which
govern breaks, or saltations in heredity, and to observe in what manner such ..."
12. The Standard Natural History by John Sterling Kingsley, Frederich Anton Heller von Hellwald, Elliott Coues (1884)
"He realizes that "leaps, gaps, saltations, or whatever they may be called, do
occur" in the evolution of forms. Mr. Dalí remarks that " the apparent leaps ..."
13. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1907)
"we have been able to make repeated observations of the general principles which
govern breaks, or saltations in heredity, and to observe in what manner such ..."
14. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"We are thus led to what have been called saltations in evolution. Although the
history of palaeontology has continually added to our knowledge of past forms ..."
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