Heterotic

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  • adj. Of or pertaining to heterosis
  • adj. Describing a hybrid form of string theory (See Heterotic string on Wikipedia)
  • Word Usage
    "Once established in a deme, a negatively heterotic one with a selective disadvantage for heterozygotes–DW gene arrangement can spread in homozygous form through a subdivided population by random local extinction and colonization."