This mutation is a recessive semilethal gene characterized by vasodilitation at the time of hatching. Most die near to hatching. Survivors are smaller than their normal siblings. No carriers of this gene are identified in the colony today. The white mutation is a recessive gene affecting pigment cell distribution.
White axolotls are white or pinkish in color, with black eyes.
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