A population of ocotillo plants has four alleles at the Dopa locus, with allelic frequencies of 0.38, 0.32, 0.19, and 0.11, and the genotype frequencies are roughly consistent with the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.This is a description of the genetic _______ of the population.
A) fitness
B) structure
C) monomorphism
D) ratchet
E) polymorphism

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The genetic structure of a population refers to the distribution of alleles and genotypes, which is described here by the allelic and genotype frequencies.

A Population of Ocotillo Plants Has Four Alleles at the Dopa