Tetraploid Axolotl

[Nancy Haggerty]

I came across a research article that used heat treatments to produce tetraploid axolotls. These axolotls were produced by scientists while studying the albino color. I know in plants specifically orchids, a tetraploid will have bigger showier flowers. Does anyone know what the charactaristics of a tetraploid axolotl would be? I would not do this to an axolotl to get one that is tetraploid. I am just wondering if that could be the potential genectic reason behind my 5-6 inch 3 month old axolotyls who have a lot of albino in thier genes. They seem to be very big for their age and have very large gills.

 

[LSuzuki]

Would this be a chimera they are producing? I was talking to a local breeder who says he provides eggs to some researchers for that purpose.

 

[Nancy Haggerty]

I was researching doninant and recessive color genetics and came across this article. It was about albinos.

 

[JM29]

A bigger size for tetraploids is a widespread phenomenon among plants, but not sure for animals.
In phasmid, where some species complexes occur around mediterranean basin, tetraploids, diploids and even triploids cannot be distinguished unless you observe their chromosomes.
Among caudates, the genus Ambystoma contains hybrids with various ploidy levels (jeffersonianum x laterale) and no size differences are cited.