Aldosterone has three actions on the late distal tubule and collecting ducts of the kidney:

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Deletion includes the centromere, then the chromosome will not segregate in meiosis or mitosis and will usually be lost.

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Deletions are lethal in the homozygous state because all copies of any essential genes located in the deleted region are missing.

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Heterozygous condition may produce imbalances in the amounts of gene products similar to those produced by extra gene copies.

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Pseudodominance- Recessive allele owing to a deletion on the homologous chromosome.

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Haploinsufficiency- One copy of the gene is missing, a mutant phenotype is produced.

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Deletions can be detected cytologically by studying the banding patterns in stained chromosomes.