Abstract
Segregation of a wide range of body colour in the progenies was observed in breeding experiments with the Taiwanese red tilapias. Homozygous stocks of pink, red and golden colour morph were selected from such a stock by brother-sister crossing for six generations. DNA fingerprinting analysis using multilocus M13 and Bkm 2(8) probe and HinfIenzyme combinations of pink individuals, showed homozygosity in their genome. Pink individuals when crossed to black Oreochromis mossambicus (Peters) resulted in all pink F1 progenies. F1 X F1 crosses resulted in segregation of pink and black in the F2 progenies in a 3 : 1 ratio. F1 pink individuals when backcrossed to O. mossambicus gave progeny in the ratio of 1: 1 of pink and black. Black individuals from the F2 generation, when crossed to O. mossambicus and pink separately, resulted in all black and all pink progenies, respectively. These results show that the pink colour is dominant over the black phenotype and is inherited as an autosomal locus with complete penetrance.
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