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noun
A situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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noun
The cessation of natural selection, as on a useless organ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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History
From New Latin panmixia, from Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “every, all”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”) + Latin -ia.
