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Hey All,
I'm no good with genetics lol, i was wondering a black wild type and a leucistic would spawn colour wise?
 
Theoretically, if the wildtype is D/d, A/a, M/m (recessive for leucistic, albino, and melanoid), and the Leucistic is d/d, A/a, M/m (leucistic, recessive for albino and melanoid), you could get Wildtype offspring (D/d, A/a, M/m), leucistic offspring (d/d, A/a, M/m), albino offspring (both white (d/d, a/a, M/m) and gold (D/d, a/a, M/m)), and melanoid offspring (albino (d/d (or D/d), a/a, m/m) and dark (D/d, A/a, m/m)).

But that's only if both of your axolotls are recessive for the traits. If the wildtype is D/D, A/A, M/M and the leucistic is d/d, A/A, M/M, you'll get only wildtype offspring which are recessive for leucistic (D/d, A/A, M/M).

In order to get anything other than wildtype offspring, both parents must be recessive for a gene, whether it's D, A, or M. If only one parent is recessive for a gene, the color trait won't be passed on. That is, if the wildtype is D/D, A/A, M/M, and the leucistic is d/d, A/a, M/m, you'll still only get wildtype babies, of which 25% will be recessive for albino and melanoid, and all will be recessive for leucistic.

However, for any trait which both parents are recessive, say the albino gene (Wildtype: D/D, A/a, M/M, Leucistic: d/d, A/a, M/M), you'll probably get offspring of that color (In this case: goldens, D/d, a/a, M/m). To get white albinos, the wildtype parent must also be recessive for Leucistic (Wildtype: D/d, A/a, M/M, Leucistic: d/d, A/a, M/M) which leads to some babies with the genotype d/d, a/a, M/M.

Thoroughly confused yet?
 
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Kaysie - hmm lol definitely confused... I guess the only way you can tell if they have recessive genes is to see what colour babies come?
I'm just going to keep reading your post for the next hour to see if it sinks in! :rolleyes: Thanks :D
 
Yes, the only way to know if the parents are recessive is to look at the color of the babies (and when the babies have babies, called F2 generation).

Basically, you COULD get every variation of axolotl, but probably won't (so don't get too excited). But you'll probably still get a good mix of things.
 
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