panmixia
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of panmixia
1885–90; pan- + Greek míx ( is ) mingling, mixing ( m ( e ) ig ( nýnai ) to mix + -sis -sis ) + -ia
Example Sentences
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Weismann has emphasized this idea in his doctrine of "panmixia," or the withdrawal of selection, which always results in degeneration.
From Q. E. D., or New Light on the Doctrine of Creation by George McCready Price
There is nothing to prevent this, save panmixia, or the presence of free intercrossing.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by George John Romanes
Thirdly, according to my view of the action of panmixia as previously explained, no total discharge of colouration is likely to be caused by such action alone.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by George John Romanes
There is now no question in any quarter touching the fact that panmixia, or the cessation of selection, is a true cause of degeneration.
From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by George John Romanes
It appears to me that what is wanted is to take a number of typical cases, and in each of them show how Natural Selection comes in to carry on the degeneration begun by panmixia.
From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 by James Marchant
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