Melanoid Axolotl
peer reviewed
Kabangu et al. (2023): "The melanoid axolotl is a Mendelian variant characterized by large numbers of melanophores, proportionally fewer xanthophores, and no iridophores."
Offspring odds
No numbers for this one.
No inheritance mode has been recorded for Melanoid, so no offspring odds are given. Guessing one would be worse than saying nothing: a breeder would plan a season on it.
What this rests on
A peer-reviewed paper identifies the variant behind this morph.
- Patterns of purine synthesis related to iridophore development in the wild type, melanoid, and axanthic strains of the Mexican axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum Shaw. — Dev Biol 1974
- What insights into vertebrate pigmentation has the axolotl model system provided? — Int J Dev Biol 1996
- A color variant in the Mexican axolotl. — Journal of Heredity 1967
- Leukocyte tyrosine kinase (Ltk) is the Mendelian determinant of the axolotl melanoid color variant. — Genes (Basel) 2023