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Definition of Panmixis
1. panmixia [n -MIXES] - See also: panmixia
Medical Definition of Panmixis
1. Synonym: random mating. Origin: pan-+ G. Mixis, intercourse (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panmixis
Literary usage of Panmixis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Darwinism and the Problems of Life: A Study of Familiar Animal Life by Konrad Guenther, Joseph McCabe (1906)
"Degeneration of organs by panmixis. Indifferent characteristics of animals.
The differences between species are adaptations. Correlation. ..."
2. Genes in the Field: On-Farm Conservation of Crop Diversity by Stephen B. Brush (2000)
"Likewise, the proportion of the recessive or subdominant alleles is easier to
increase than in a population in panmixis. By permitting the permanence of all ..."
3. The Biology of War by Georg Friedrich Nicolai (1919)
"... by introducing bisexual procreation, had made a compromise between individualization
and the hypothetical condition of panmixis [procreation by many]. ..."
4. Animal Coloration: An Account of the Principal Facts and Theories Relating by Frank Evers Beddard (1892)
"... are white or yellowish has been used as an argument in favour of the effects
of reversed natural selection—or panmixis as it is termed by Weismann. ..."
5. Evolution by Patrick Geddes, John Arthur Thomson (1911)
"Yet from this apparent regression, really a profound and intimate panmixis, a
thoroughgoing cross-fertilization, who shall say what new variations may arise ..."
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