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DNA is a set of instructions for proteins and proteins are the building blocks of your body.If some DNA is missing or not in the right order (a mutation) a protein may be made wrong or not made at all.That protein could be very important such as insulin which leads to Diabetes or a protein receptor on a cell may be the wrong shape like in cystic fibrosis.These mutations are not totally disasterous, however a big chunk of DNA gone missing will most likely result in that embryo not surviving.

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