One of the primary indications that the RNA signatures are, in fact, remnants of an evolutionary saltation is their discrete character. From Wordnik.com. [A Disclaimer for Behe?] Reference
The term "saltation" implies large leaps, such as sudden speciation. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Blogging] Reference
The paper specifically rejects typogenetic saltation. From Wordnik.com. [Common Descent & Common Design – An Unexpected Outcome] Reference
The style of saltation, called Rufayah, rivalled the song. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
He also actually published papers on …uh… saltation I think. From Wordnik.com. [Wisconsin Bill to Ban Teaching of ID - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
They evolved out of the US Xian species complex by an unusual saltation event. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Everything - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
In the latter case we might expect to see “more rapid evolution”, leading to an appearance of “saltation”. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of a Darwinist - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
No. I am just giving an example of a (former) evolutionary biologist who doesn't allow the possibility of saltation. From Wordnik.com. [Common Descent & Common Design – An Unexpected Outcome] Reference
The saltation effect increases the number of particles in motion as they are carried along; this has an avalanche effect. From Wordnik.com. [2.1. Factors in rainfall erosion] Reference
In the heat of noon, in the cool of the evening, day after day there was no rest for them, their saltation was without end. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
Gouldian PE explicitly rejects the concept of saltation periods when some unknown evolutionary process causes rapid change. From Wordnik.com. [Sympathy for Homophobic Parents] Reference
Dawkins later discusses this from a different direction, when he addresses punctuated equilibria, gradualism, and saltation. From Wordnik.com. [Teach the Controversy] Reference
The topic is eerily newsworthy considering the latest brouhaha about hopeful monsters/saltation, punctuated equilibria and the like. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin (Bank Holi)day] Reference
Medium-size particles of 0. 05-5 mm diameter are carried in a bouncing action over the surface of the ground by a phenomenon called saltation. From Wordnik.com. [2.1. Factors in rainfall erosion] Reference
Vegetation is the best protection against wind since it breaks the force of the wind and reduces the area of exposed land, thus limiting the saltation process. From Wordnik.com. [2.1. Factors in rainfall erosion] Reference
The title, "Nature does not make leaps ...or does it?" is oh-so-topical considering the latest brouhaha about hopeful monsters/saltation, punctuated equilibria and the like. From Wordnik.com. [Beagle Projecteers go live on Darwin Day] Reference
The focus on “large amounts of specified information” my emphasis also reduces his entire book to a strawman argument, since the TOE neither predicts nor expects saltation. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Meyer's Bogus Information Theory - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The form of saltation suggested Mr. Catlin's drawings. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1] Reference
A: In the saltation process, the sand moves at a height of about 1.7 meters. From Wordnik.com. [Arab Times Kuwait English Daily] Reference
"It can keep saltation, or sand blowing, going on Mars at relatively low wind speeds.". From Wordnik.com. [Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews] Reference
In the saltation process at least, the sand moves high in the air forming trajectories. From Wordnik.com. [Arab Times Kuwait English Daily] Reference
Larry Fafarman: DaveScot said (#25) - Also, Davison has indeed proposed a mechanism for saltation. From Wordnik.com. [Uncommon Descent] Reference
Life must be taken with a grain of saltation: let the spirit dance a measure or two ere it collapse. From Wordnik.com. [Pipefuls] Reference
Its characteristic dunes and ripples are the kind formed by sand particles taking short wind-borne hops, a process called saltation. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Science News Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, Articles and Book Reviews] Reference
The form of saltation suggested Mr. Catlin’s drawings. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
1 The trend in increasing brain size shows several saltation events of about 250mL magnitude. From Wordnik.com. [Fun with Hominin Cranial Capacity Datasets (and Excel), Part 2 - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Or Goldschmidt’s “saltation” or even the more Genesis-like “independent origins” proposed by Schwabe and Senapathy. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Lamarck Day - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Evidence of saltation would do that. From Wordnik.com. [How to Disprove Evolution? - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
It can keep saltation, or sand blowing, going on Mars at relatively low wind speeds, "he says. From Wordnik.com. [Softpedia News - Global] Reference
It was posturing rather than saltation. From Wordnik.com. [Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before] Reference
How can we explain this seeming saltation?. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution News & Views] Reference
What zeal for the saltation of his neigh - bours!. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Pastor of the French ...] Reference
By saltation. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
YEC, OEC, saltation, front loading, etc., from a real critical analysis. From Wordnik.com. [Eugenie Scott: The Big Tent and the Camel's Nose - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
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