She's also powering herself up in the process. I'm pretty sure that was a bigger concern to her than her minions.
There's something totally wrong about considering this as biological DNA, just as much as there's something wrong with considering the Repliroid soul as separate of these DNA program.
The fact remains that DNA data can be downloaded without ripping the victim's soul out, established in X6. I already said that the two are undeniably linked, but being linked and being synonymous are not the same thing. Even taking that translation at face-value, a DNA Soul would be but one part of a larger DNA program.
Consider also the mechanics of the Copy Chip, that any Reploid using it must maintain their own soul through the transformation. Adapted to operate the new body, perhaps (that's really getting into speculative nitty-gritty of how it functions), but regardless their own will remains.
ZX Advent also carries some pretty heavy implications on the matter, what with the man-and-machine merger, and the use of A-Trans of subjects who were merely fought and not killed. However, while Model A seemingly does not gather souls with its DNA data, Model W does.
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