Genes that share a common ancestry have similar organizations with conservation of the positions of the introns.

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Williams–Beuren syndrome- Deletion on 7, long arm

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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.

 

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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.