SYMBOLS of alleles:

Dominant alleles:
M - the presence of melanin (black pigment)
G - the presence of guanine (onditionally blue pigment)
E - the presence of astaksantin (red pigment)
X - the presence of lutein (yellow piment)
Recessive alleles:
m -the
g - the
e - the
x - the

lack
lack
lack
lack

or
or
or
or

reduction
reduction
reduction
reduction

of
of
of
of

melanin quantity (black pigment)

guanine quantity (onditionally blue pigment)
astaksantina quantity (red pigment)
lutein quantity (yellow piment)

There is a table (in addition to earlier), which clearly shows the correlation between the number
ment of pigment cells, the size of pigment granules in these cells and the number of recessive and
dominant alleles of genes in the color genotype.
Two basic rules:
1. Recessive alleles of each gene reduces the amount of color pigment granules, which are coded by
the formation of these same genes, and the phenotype of color almost does not occur.
Ie if the genotype, for example, mm GG EE XX, it reduces the size of granules of melanin in
melanofores and the fish is not a black and gray, in any color - as well as Base body colors as
Secondary sex colors.
2. The more recessive alleles of genes in the color genotype, the smaller the quantity of pigment
cells.
Thus, the ratio of dominant and recessive alleles of 4 genes leads to the appearance of all possible
phenotypes in Base body colors and Secondary sex colors.