Question: Quick Question about Axolotl Colours

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If the mother and father of a batch of larvae are leucistic are the babies going to be leucistic?

I'm sure I've read somewhere they could come out with any colouration! But would be interesting to know what your experiences have been like. =]
 
Since the leucistic trait is recessive, two leu parents should only be able to produce leu or white albino offspring (since they may be heterozygous for the albino trait and possibly the melanoid trait). I'm still getting up to snuff on my axolotl genetics, someone pipe in if I'm confused on this :eek:
 
That sounds right to me. There can be random mutations that might cause some other colors, but that'd be a rarity.
 
Wow thanks a lot! I think it'll take me a while to wrap my head around the different colours of axolotls and how it works out that way!
 
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