The oldest of the Citadel races, asari are a beautiful mono-gendered race of humanoids capable of living up to a thousand years or more throughout the three stages of the lives and possessing by the end of it a great store of experience and wisdom that all asari (and most races) respect. Asari believe that their offspring inherit certain genetic traits of the "father", though evidence of this is purely anecdotal at best. This unique form of reproduction not only allows the asari to "mate" with just about any species including the Krogan, Turians, Salarians, Humans and possibly even Volus and Quarians, but is believed to be why they are such accomplished biotics. They primarily do this with other species as to "bring about understanding..." of the other races.