panmixia
English
Etymology
From New Latin panmixia, from Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “every, all”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”) + Latin -ia.
Noun
panmixia (uncountable)
- (ecology) A situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population.
- (biology) The cessation of natural selection, as on a useless organ.
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