The SNP mutation responsible for sickle-cell disease changes amino acid 6 in haemoglobin β from glutamic acid (E) to valine (V). 

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Chromosome deletion 

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Chromosome deletion - Loss of a chromosome segment.

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Deletion include,
Terminal deletion

ntercalary/interstitial deletion 

Microdeletion

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Cri-du- chat syndrome- Deletion on 5, short arm

Wolf– Hirschhorn syndrome- Deletion on 4, short arm

Williams– Beuren syndrome - Deletion on 7, long arm

Prader– Willi syndrome- Deletion on 15 long arm 

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Deletion of a number of pairs that is not evenly divisible by three will lead to a frameshift mutation. 

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In an individual heterozygous for a deletion, the normal chromosome loops out during chromosome pairing in prophase I.