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.

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

panleukopenia, pan loaf, panlobular emphysema, panlogism, panmictic, panmixia, Panmunjom, panmyelophthisis, panmyelosis, pannage, panne

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Example sentences from the Web for panmixia

Panmixia, however, as Weismann has shown, would probably be the most important factor in causing blindness.
Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited?|William Platt Ball
Panmixia might in such instances lower the general average to what has been termed the birth mean.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May, 1900|Various
Panmixia, Romanes thinks, may have helped to discharge the color.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May, 1900|Various
Chologaster is in a stage of panmixia as far as the eye is concerned.
The Popular Science Monthly, August, 1900|Various

The results in Chologaster are due to panmixia and the limited degree of use to which the eye is put.
The Popular Science Monthly, August, 1900|Various

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.

单词	panmixia
释义	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. 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 panleukopenia, pan loaf, panlobular emphysema, panlogism, panmictic, panmixia, Panmunjom, panmyelophthisis, panmyelosis, pannage, panne Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for panmixia Panmixia, however, as Weismann has shown, would probably be the most important factor in causing blindness. Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited?\|William Platt Ball Panmixia might in such instances lower the general average to what has been termed the birth mean. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May, 1900\|Various Panmixia, Romanes thinks, may have helped to discharge the color. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May, 1900\|Various Chologaster is in a stage of panmixia as far as the eye is concerned. The Popular Science Monthly, August, 1900\|Various The results in Chologaster are due to panmixia and the limited degree of use to which the eye is put. The Popular Science Monthly, August, 1900\|Various 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for panmixia panmixia [ păn-mĭk′sē-ə ] n. Random mating within a breeding population. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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