panmixia
English
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs, “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 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
Related terms
- panmictic