In response to yorkj86:
Yes, if you accept the randomization process as true, then a single asari mother would be able to randomize "herself" countless times through her daughters. Each would have the same DNA, just what traits were selected and displayed from the options would be altered. However, this would also lead to the potential of exact clones. The species would 'exist', but stagnation would take hold over millennia, and eventually the Ardat-Yakshi syndrome would completely overtake the race. Indeed, due to the long existence of the asari race (I believe it's something along the lines of 250,000 years?) this genetic corruption would have become much more prevalent by now, than by its current standard. The only way the asari survived as long as they did was by accepting each other's DNA, as humans do. If not, their individuality would be based soley on their aquired personalities, and asari bloodlines would never intersect, since they only ever receive the DNA of their mother. Eventually, these bloodlines would become quite genetically different through mutation. Their identity as a single species would ultimately be compromised.
There is also evidence brought forward by the greatest experts in special genetics: the Reapers. While they are our sworn enemies, homicidal holocaust machines, what have you, the Reapers possess an innate understanding of genetics in other species, since of course it is facilitated through their reproductive process. There is of course Harbinger's diagnosis of the asari condition, when confronted by an asari squadmate. "
Asari: reliance upon alien species for reproduction shows genetic weakness." Harbinger acknowledges a necessity for asari to meld with other species to grow and evolve, obviously the result of close study as the asari were considered and subsequently rejected a Reaper-material race.
Ultimately, it comes down to this: Do asari inherit nothing new, and each daughter is merely a randomized clone of the mother, leading to stagnation and special disintegration, or do they inherit traits from their parent? If it can be accepted that traits are inherited from both asari parents, then it holds true for all other parents in the melding process. Like york pointed out, it is a mental connection, but I must add that it comes with its roots in genetic diversification. Ardat-Yakshiism is, again, as I recall, solely occurent in asari-asari relationships. We see a significant fall in the relative population of Ardat-Yakshi when the galaxy 'opens up' to asari, as opposed to when only pureblood relations were possible. I have heard of no such example of an Ardat-Yakshi resulting from an asari-alien relationship.
Also, in response to the criticism of the physical traits analysis I provided: I merely stated it as an alternate viewpoint adopted by others. It merely helped to corroborate my own ideas, on the genetic translation and nonphysical trait inheritance, which I accept as true. I don't support the physical inheritance. Only emotional, psycological, and personality trait inheritance. Asari require other's DNA to flourish, like all sexual forms of life. They have been expressly defined as
not asexual. Therefore, they need a partner's DNA. A partner being a sentient being, since all sentient species seem to possess some form of common ancestry in evolution, with the possible exception of the hanar. All galactic species have evolved nervous systems, most are bipedal, similar facial features, etc (again, minus hanar). And while they require DNA, and are evolved to accept it from all compatible races, they never stop being asari. It is a mechanism that keeps them intact as a species. While they are remarkable in how they utilize other species' DNA to grow and evolve, they never surrender their genetic identity. They're not after physical traits, merely mental, because mental qualities are qualities the asari prize above all.
I agree wholeheartedly that the asari love the mind first. They see other races as inherently similar, and love them for their sentience.
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