In a certain group of african people, 4% are born wthe frequency of a particular lethal recessive allele in a population is 0.02. given this information, calculate the percentage of individuals who are carriers of the lethal recessive allele. ith sickle-cell disease, an autosomal recessive disorder. heterozygous individuals not only don't have sickle-cell disease, but also are resistant to malaria. if this group is in hardy-weinberg equilibrium, what percentage of the population is heterozygous and resistant to malaria?