间断平衡

间断平衡（英语：Punctuated equilibrium）是一个演化生物学理论。此理论认为行有性生殖的物种可在某一段时间中，经历相对传统观念而言较为快速的物种形成过程，之后又经历一段长时间无太大变化的时期。

间断平衡理论最早是由美国古生物学家尼尔斯·艾崔奇与史蒂芬·古尔德，基于恩斯特·麦尔的异域物种形成，以及其他一些遗传理论所提出。

参见

灾变论

延伸阅读

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外部链接

"What is Punctuated Equilibria?" （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） - by Wesley Elsberry
"Punctuated Equilibrium at Twenty" - by Donald Prothero
"Punctuated Equilibrium's Threefold History" （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） - by Stephen Jay Gould
"The Theoretical Value of Punctuated Equilibrium" - Robyn Broyles
"Theory Still Rocks Scientists' Equilibrium" - by Keay Davidson
"On the Trails of Macroevolution" （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） - by Carl Zimmer
"All you need to know about Punctuated Equilibrium (almost)" （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） - by Douglas Theobald.