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This is a discussion on multi birth within the Axolotl Eggs, Larvae & Breeding forums, part of the Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) category; Well i know they often lay eggs with 2 or 3 embryos but what about this one then. This is ...

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Well i know they often lay eggs with 2 or 3 embryos but what about this one then.
This is a single egg as far as i can tell, i have looked at it from all angles and cannot see seperate sacs.
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Hello Digger,

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This is a single egg as far as i can tell, i have looked at it from all angles and cannot see seperate sacs.
Having a stab in the dark here...

Perhaps it's because of incomplete cytokinesis (division of the cytoplasm) during cell division. Or maybe you're just not looking hard enough

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Wow, that brilliant
I'd love to see more pictures as they develop
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I have seperated them from the other eggs and will wait and see what happens.
Will post pics to see if anyone else can see some thing i cant lol.
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Axolotl eggs are within multiple egg sacs. There's one that surrounds the embryo proper, and then the 'jelly coat' which surrounds that (there are many layers here, but those are the two that come to mind immediately). Some times these fuse (such as in an A. maculatum egg sac), so you get multiple embryos in one 'egg'.
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Lol i think i understand what you saying.
Looking at all the other eggs, some single others with twos and threes there is the outer layer of what i will call runny jelly, (fancy terms here you notice), inside that there is another sac which contains the embryos.
This egg sac differs in no way from the others as far as i can tell.
It may be nothing unusual but it is the first time i have noticed that many.
I just wish i had a microscope so i could have a better look.
Oh well will keep you all posted on developement, might be able to tell better when they are more developed.
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