- be
formed by
sudden transformations, or what
would later be
called macromutation.
Darwin opposed saltation,
insisting on
gradualism in
evolution as geology's...
-
large changes in
evolution were
caused by
macromutations (large mutations). His
ideas about macromutations became known as the
hopeful monster hypothesis...
-
modes Gradualism/Punctuated equilibrium/Saltationism Micromutation/
Macromutation Uniformitarianism/Catastrophism
Speciation Allopatric Anagenesis Catagenesis...
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Macroevolution comprises the
evolutionary processes and
patterns which occur at and
above the
species level. In contrast,
microevolution is
evolution occurring...
- Controversially,
Goldschmidt advanced a
model of
macroevolution through macromutations po****rly
known as the "Hopeful Monster" hypothesis.
Goldschmidt also...
- in the
infraorder Haplorhini.
Analysis of SINE insertions, a type of
macromutation to the DNA, is
argued to
offer very
persuasive evidence for the monophyly...
-
punctuated equilibrium, with
species that
suddenly appear, as if by
macromutation, and
ultimately disappear, in many
cases close to a
million years later...
-
evidence for
punctuated equilibrium. Such
jumps can be
explained either by
macromutation or
simply by
relatively rapid episodes of
gradual evolution by natural...
-
Physiology at the Umeå University, Sweden. Løvtrup was
known for his
macromutation theory of evolution,
which was in
opposition to
traditional neo-Darwinism...
- Mayr and
Dobzhansky by
insisting on the
possibility of
speciation by
macromutation,
creating "hopeful monsters". The
result was "bitter controversy". The...
