When a Population is a Single Interbreeding Unit,it is Said

Question

When a population is a single interbreeding unit,it is said to be
A) panmitic.
B) non-panmitic.
C) heterozygous.
D) homozygous.
E) None of these

Accepted Answer

When a population is a single interbreeding unit, it is said to be panmictic. Panmictic means that individuals in the population have an equal chance of mating with any other member of the population. This ensures that genes are randomly distributed among the population and that there is no genetic differentiation between subgroups within the population. Non-panmictic populations, on the other hand, have some barriers to interbreeding, which can lead to genetic differentiation between subgroups within the population. Heterozygous and homozygous refer to the genetic makeup of individuals, and are not related to the concept of panmixia.