Saltacionizam (od lat. saltus: skok), u biologiji iznenadna promjena od jedne do druge generacije koja je velika, ili veoma velika, u usporedbi s običnom varijacijom nekog organizma. Termin se rabi za nestupnjevite promjene (navlastito u jednokoračnoj specijaciji) koje su atipične ili krše gradualizam obuhvaćen modernom evolucijskom teorijom.
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- Guenter Theissen. (2009). Saltational evolution: hopeful monsters are here to stay. Theory in Bioscience. 128, 43-51.
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