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I was going through a book I just picked up (Amphibian Biology vol 1, 1994) when I ran across a note describing the origin of the albino gene in axolotls. It was introduced by crossing axolotls with an albino tiger salamander (for the reference on the procedure see Humphry, R.R. 1967, Albino axolotls from an albino tiger salamander through hybridization. J. Hered. 58: 251-256)). The process was apparently not a simple one as it required rescueing hybrid embryos by nuclear transplantation, gonadal grafts and only resulted in 6 animals that were potential hybrids.
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