panmixia en · NOUN
Etymology
From New Latin panmixia, from Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “every, all”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”) + Latin -ia.
Meanings
- (uncountable) A situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population.
- (uncountable) The cessation of natural selection, as on a useless organ.