panmixyn.
/panˈmɪksi/, U.S. /ˌpænˈmɪksi/ Biology.
= panmixia n.
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intergeneration1888
panmixia1889
panmixy1890
syngamy1904
1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxviii. 687 The obsolescence of disused organs he [sc. Weismann] explains very satisfactorily..by his theory of panmixy.
1896 A. Tille in T. Common tr. F. Nietzsche Case of Wagner p. x In a tribe the members of which..assist each other in every kind of danger natural selection must soon come to an end, a kind of panmixy must arise and lead to a rapid decline.
1941 Ecology 22 214/1 Any mechanism which prevents panmixy between populations has similar evolutionary consequences.
1989 Small Ruminant Res. 2 175 Assuming panmixy, the frequencies of alleles at the A (Agouti), B (Brown) and S (Spotting) loci have been calculated in 1328 viable lambs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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