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Single step large mutation leading to speciation is also called:
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Saltation proposes abrupt origin of new species via macromutation in single generation, contrasting gradual Darwinian divergence. Hugo de Vries and Goldschmidt championed this, suggesting hopeful monsters instantly reproductively isolated, now related to polyploidy and regulatory gene mutations causing punctuated evolution.
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