panmixia

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Definition of panmixia in English English dictionary

A situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with another randomly chosen individual as any other in the population

Random mating within a breeding population

panmixus

panmixis

Hyphenation

pan·mix·i·a

Synonyms

panmixis, panmixus

Etymology

() New Latin, from Ancient Greek πᾶς (pas, “every, all”) + μίξις (mixis, “mixing, mingling”) + Latin -ia