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Punctuated Equilibrium is a [[theory]] in evolutionary and creation [[biology]] that posits some [[Sexual reproduction|sexually reproducing]] [[species]] will experience minute evolutionary change, or continue in stasis. Evolution as punctuated equilibrium when it does occur acts on geographically localized populations by implementing rapid bursts of change, forming a new species and leaving few fossils as evidence. Special formation of this caliber produces [[Cladistics|cladogenesis]] through allopatric and especially peripatric modes of speciation. Punctuated equilibrium as an extrapolation of observed speciation would have to occur within small isolated populations, rather then the mainstream where interbreeding among genetically, and thus morphologically similar species would dampen the effects.[[wikipedia:Punctuated_equilibrium]]