Recent Examples on the WebScientists call it panmixia.—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 6 Sep. 2017 This is entirely in keeping with the dominant ethos of the global elite, which aims for a panmixia of genes in concert with an alignment of a particular set of cosmopolitan post-materialist memes.—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2011 Of course panmixia has to be conditioned on the fact that the vast majority of Han Chinese are stilling reproducing with other Han Chinese, and so forth.—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2011
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from pan- + Greek mixis act of mingling, mating, from mignynai to mix — more at mix
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