But that's not what it says. RNA fragments are entering the ovum and having some sort of effect .... that's quite different from passing traits the way genes on chromosomes do.

But shouldn’t there have been an evolutionary advantage for such a thing to develop?

Not necessarily for the individual.

Some trees have mechanisms, for instance, where they die quickly but signal other trees if exposed to certain issues, allowing the other trees to put up a better defense.

Ants and other insects sometimes do the same thing.

Essentially a ‘jumps on the grenade’ gene.

s/egg/which/

You don't egg randomly inserted words?

eh… can someone please accurately vibe code this for me?

    s/(s\\\/egg\\\/which)/s\/egg\/egg which\//