Brief communication. The yellow color inheritance in rainbow trout

Yellow and wild-colored rainbow trout were used in crossbreeding experiments to determine the pattern of yellow color inheritance. The observed color phenotypes and their relative frequency in different progeny groups can be explained by a system of two gene loci with two alleles each. Yellow color (allele a) is caused by absence of the dominant allele A controlling wild color. Among the yellow fish (aa) the second gene locus allele B controls palomino and black eye color. Albino and red eye color (allele b) is caused by the absence of the dominant allele B controlling color development.