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Axolotl gill color genes?

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I have seen wild type and melanoid axolotls with dark gills (brown or black) and also some with red or pinkish gills. Does anyone know what causes this variation? Is it genetic and heritable from a parent or is it just a random mutation?
 
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Their colours vary so much that can include the gills.

The gills will flare red with blood flow during feeding / after eating / or exercise & that's totally normal :)

Half the fun is the not knowing how an axie will turn out colour wise - it's the coolest lucky dip ever :D



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I don't think it's random. When my wildtype laid eggs the babies all had shiny gills. It must be something genetic then. If it was something random then I guess there were some with red gills, pink ones, shiny ones and black ones.

Edit: and when another wildtype laid eggs... The babies had all dark gills. Not shiny ones.
 
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I assumed it was genetic. I wonder what the frequency is. I plan on doing a lot of my own research into this I just wanted to know if anyone could confirm my thought
 
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