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Strange question

frogman

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This is a strange question, but I was wondering about this.
Say you had some morphed axolotls(one male and one female). Say they bred and the eggs were fertile and hatched. Would the larvae be like normal axolotls or morph like tiger salamanders?
 
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It depends on what induced morphing in the first place. If both parents were genetically predisposed to morphing, the offspring may also be more apt to morph. If the adults morphed out of necessity due to water quality, or were forced chemically, I don't think the offspring would be any more apt to morph than 'normal' axolotls.
 
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