Asaris doesn't made any sense.

[Comrade Larry]

Asari offspring will most likely become Ardat-Yakshi if both of their parent are Asaris. Then how did Asaris reproduce BEFORE meeting other species. Was majority of Asaris Ardat-Yakshis back then?

[Twoflower]

I'm guessing they got busy with their domesticated animals, and before that they got busy with other wildlife.

There's a real-life species of fish that does this called Poecilia formosa

[Kich]

I think, it was mention in the game that Ardat-Yakshi is a sort of a rare genetic desease, so it is not so common as it might look. However, im not 100% sure, since i played it long long time ago

[Synavix]

Yeah, Ardat-Yakshi are *only* from pureblood asari, but it's extremely rare.

In ME2 they say that there are only 3 (known) in existence (Samara's 3 daughters). Normal pureblood asari are a lot more common (even Liara is pureblood, and I think several of the named asari you meet in the story are too). There is a prejudice against them, but it's pretty heavily implied that before spaceflight all asari mating was pureblooded.

In ME3 they changed their mind a little bit and made Ardat-Yakshi a bit more common. The monastery where you find Samara supposedly has several living there, but even then it's still very rare.

[Dreadnought]

after or before they discovered the prothean beacons? taking consideration of their population, space colonisation aaaaaaand everything i cant think now...

an Asari population of 7 billions in 1 planet before finding the prothean tech...
what... 200-2000-1000000 +/- of Ardat-Yakshi


an Asari population of ? billions galaxy wide after finding the prothean tech and their discovery they can mate with other species...
lol i'm not going to try to estimate this

[Moon Spice]

Originally posted by Comrade Larry:

Asari offspring will most likely become Ardat-Yakshi if both of their parent are Asaris. Then how did Asaris reproduce BEFORE meeting other species. Was majority of Asaris Ardat-Yakshis back then?

Think of it like Albinoism in humans, just because two pure blood asari mate it still takes the recessive genes in both to trigger.