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Results/Discussion:Grafts were successfully transplanted into donor recipients. A wild type axolotl that had received an albino transplant survived the longest and displayed the ability to retain the transplanted graft and continue development. The albino recipients of wild type grafts were not as successful because the graft blended into the albino's natural color and could not be easily distinguished. Microsurgery was complicated and the regions that were transplanted either were not the gill organ field or were not directly transplanted into the gill organ field. However, it is important to note that those grafts that were transplanted did successfully stay in the recipients and the recipients continued to develop with the graft.


Figure 2: A picture of a wild type axolotl embryo 2 days after the albino axolotl graft had been transplanted into it. The graft is located below the gill field but still has been successfully transplanted and has become a part of the developing embryo.

 

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