1. Plural of panmixia; instances or conditions of random mating within a population without reproductive isolation.
Usage: technical; biology; genetics

Examples

• In population genetics, panmixias assume that all individuals have an equal chance of mating.
• The study examined multiple panmixias across different species to test Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
• Researchers questioned whether true panmixias could exist in natural populations with geographic barriers.
• The model relied on panmixias as a baseline for comparing real mating patterns.
• Several panmixias were simulated to predict allele frequency changes over generations.