= Panmixia
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= Random mating
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Panmixia is random mating within a breeding population, without systematic choice by genotype or phenotype. In a homogeneous genetic model it makes the two parental gamete draws independent, yielding the <Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium> genotype probabilities $p_i^2$ and $2p_ip_j$. It is a modelling assumption; <assortative mating> and <population stratification> are distinct ways a population can depart from it.
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