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A. Notation to be
used for accepted genes:
1. The letter
designation of a gene name shall be its first
letter unless that letter is already taken in
which case the first two letters of the gene
name shall be used.
2. The first letter will be uppercase if the
gene is dominant to wild-type. The first letter
will be lowercase if the gene is recessive to
wild-type. The second letter will always be
lowercase.
3. If the first two letters are already used for
an existing gene notation, then the next
available consonant in the gene name will be
used for the second letter.
4. The first letters of each word will be used
for genes with more than one word attached to
them.
5. Wild-type will be designated by (+).
6. The preferred written format will be to
separate alleles with a (/). ex. for Hybrid
Black D/g; for Smokey Sm/+. Fish that are
dual-hybrids, tri-hybrids, etc. will have loci
separated with a (-). ex. for Zebra Lace Z/+ -
D/+ or Z/Z - D/+; for Halfblack Zebra Lace h/h -
Z/+ - D/+
B. Genes accepted
as being proven through Dr. Norton's work and
their letter designations:
1. Dark - D
2. Marble - M
3. Zebra - Z
4. Gold - g
5. Stripeless - S
6. Smokey - Sm
7. Halfblack - h
8. Gold marble - Gm
9. Pearl - p (note the gene was not called pearl
scale but pearly)
10. Streaked - St
11. Veil - V 12. Albino - a
C. Methods to submit
a new gene mutation to the standards committee:
1. Initial crosses
should include test crosses to prove the
background genetics of the original parents.
2. Crosses should test for alleles with as many
existing genes as possible.
3. Dominance or recessive ness characteristics
should be clearly shown.
4. Photographs labeling phenotypes should
accompany the study.
5. Phenotypes should be uniquely identifiable
and statistically predictable.
6. Actual progeny counts should be included for
all crosses, with the statistical reasoning
behind the conclusion given.
7. Included should be the manner in which a
person can obtain some of the same stock used in
the study, in order to verify the results.
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