panmixia

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19
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22
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8

Definition of panmixia

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)A situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population.
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noun

  1. (uncountable)A situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population.
  2. (uncountable)The cessation of natural selection, as on a useless organ.

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Etymology

From New Latin panmixia, from Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “every, all”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”) + Latin -ia.

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