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panmixia

panmixia noun: a situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population.

Noun

panmixia (uncountable)

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

Synonyms of panmixia

Origin of panmixia

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

Questions about panmixia

What does panmixia mean?
Panmixia means a situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population.
What part of speech is panmixia?
Panmixia is a noun.

Words near panmixia in the dictionary

  1. panmelodion
  2. panmen
  3. panmesodermal
  4. panmesodermally
  5. panmictic
  6. panmixia
  7. panmixis
  8. panmixus
  9. panmixy
  10. panmolle
  11. panmug

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