Question: What colour will the axolotl babies be?

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I don´t know that much about breeding or genetics but, what colours would these axolotl produce?

Melanoid male with wild type female

Melanoid male with axanthic female
 
KardeAxol said:
I don´t know that much about breeding or genetics but, what colours would these axolotl produce?

Melanoid male with wild type female

Melanoid male with axanthic female
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Its hard to predict the offspring without knowing the family history of each parent.

Assuming that the only melanoid has no other recessive genes:
If the wild type female is a carrier of the melanoid gene then about 50% will be melanoid and 50% wild type.
If she is not a carrier then 100% will be wild type.

If the axanthic female carries the melanoid gene then its possible to have melanoid babies, but if it only has the recessive axanthic gene then 100% will be wild type.

Its also possible either parent will have other recessive genes that can result in more possibilities but you won't know unless you look at the grandparents.
 
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