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Would any of Una's augments pass down?
Her DNA has been altered, right? They would have to.
Not necessarily - real gene therapies that are in use now are carefully designed so that modifications are not inherited. For example, Casgevy which targets blood stem cells to treat sickle cell anemia. Because the treatment is limited to specific types of cells modifications don't get into the germ line.
Depends if they altered her eggs too. It's a different story with dudes, who produce gametes for all their lives, as opposed to women, who are born with all the gametes they will have.
Wouldn't they have augmented her in vitro rather than wait until any natural development took place?
The augmentations by Illyrians happen in-utero.
Did they say that? I guess I missed that in the show.