What does deVries propose as the driving force behind the development of new species?

What does deVries propose as the driving force behind the development of new species?
  1. Mutations
  2. Adaptation
  3. Inheritable variations
  4. Large differences arising suddenly in a population

Solution

deVries proposed that the driving force behind the development of new species is mutations, which he believed caused speciation and hence called it saltation (single step large mutation)

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