PANMIXIA

Etymology

Noun

panmixia (uncountable)

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

(biology) The cessation of natural selection, as on a useless organ.

Synonyms

• (ecology): panmixis, panmixus

Source: Wiktionary



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