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
 
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

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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