panmixia

English

Etymology

From New Latin panmixia, from Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “every, all”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”) + Latin -ia.

Noun

panmixia (uncountable)

1. (ecology) A situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population.
2. (biology) The cessation of natural selection, as on a useless organ.

Synonyms

• (ecology): panmixis, panmixus

Related terms

• panmictic