Chimera Axolotl
An animal split down the midline into two colours, because two separate embryos fused into one before hatching.
Why it happens
- Where it comes from
- This is not caused by a gene. It happens during the animal's own development, before it hatches.
- What that means for breeding
- It cannot be bred for, no pairing makes it more likely, and it does not pass to the offspring.
Offspring odds
No numbers for this one.
Chimera is not inherited — it arises during development rather than from a gene, so it cannot be bred for and no pairing makes it more likely.
Worth knowing. A chimera is two embryos that fused, so it is not carried by any gene. It cannot be bred for, no pairing makes it more likely, and a chimera's own offspring are ordinary animals. Chimeras are regularly sold at a premium to keepers who intend to breed them.
What this rests on
Established by breeders through repeated crosses and recorded in community documentation, not by published genetics. That is how almost all morph inheritance is known — and it is worth saying rather than presenting it as laboratory fact.