panmixia

[ pan-mik-see-uh ]
/ pænˈmɪk si ə /

noun Animal Behavior.

random mating of individuals within a population, the breeding individuals showing no tendency to choose partners with particular traits.

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Also pan·mix·is [pan-mik-sis] /pænˈmɪk sɪs/.
Compare assortative mating, disassortative mating.

Origin of panmixia

1885–90; pan- + Greek míx(is) mingling, mixing (m(e)ig(nýnai) to mix + -sis -sis) + -ia

OTHER WORDS FROM panmixia

pan·mic·tic [pan-mik-tik] /pænˈmɪk tɪk/, adjective

Words nearby panmixia

panko, panleukopenia, panlobular emphysema, panlogism, panmictic, panmixia, panmunjom, panmyelophthisis, panmyelosis, pannage, panne
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British Dictionary definitions for panmixia

panmixia

panmixis (pænˈmɪksɪs)

/ (pænˈmɪksɪə) /

noun

(in population genetics) random mating within an interbreeding population

Derived forms of panmixia

panmictic (pænˈmiktik), adjective

Word Origin for panmixia

C20: from New Latin, from Greek pan- + mixis act of mating
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Medical definitions for panmixia

panmixia
[ păn-mĭk′sē-ə ]

n.

Random mating within a breeding population.
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