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panmixia
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pan·mix·i·a (pn-mks-) or pan·mix·is (-mkss)
n.
Random mating within a breeding population.


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selection is acting), then nonrandom mating can also have effects on the rate of change in allele frequencies and can alter both the mean and variance of fitness and other quantitative genetic traits.
He then describes natural selection, two-locus dynamics, nonrandom mating, and quantitative genetics, and concludes by describing the evolutionary advantage of sex, including the principles of Muller's ratchet and Kondrashov's hatchet.
 
 
 
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