panmixia
/pænˈmɪksiə/
noun
- Random mating within a population, where all individuals have an equal chance of reproducing with any other individual.
- The biologist studied panmixia in a large population of fish.
- Panmixia is rare in nature because animals often choose specific mates.
- In a state of panmixia, genetic variation spreads evenly across the group.