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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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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