"If you do statistics in the context of something you’re interested in and are good at, then it becomes an incremental as opposed to a saltational jump," Dr. Wilson said.
In Biology, this refers to a mutation or any abrupt break in smooth evolution.
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maltezefalkon commented on the word saltational
It means "concerning a jump". I discovered the word in this article from the New York Times in this context:
In Biology, this refers to a mutation or any abrupt break in smooth evolution.
May 29, 2008