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No, probably not. The Borg assimilate technology more than they assimilate people, and they don't retain physical characteristics of the assimilated race throughout the collective. For example, since Borg have assimilated Klingons, they don't all have riged foreheads, or the pointy ears of Vulcans, or the telepathic abilities of Betazoids. So it stands to reason that only the assimilated shapeshifters would have the shapeshifting ability.
If they got assimilated in the first place, that is.
I doubt any would, though...if the Borg invaded, all the shapeshifter would have to do is look like a bulkhead, or a tree, or a rock, or something unworthy of assimilation. I'd be surprised if a shapeshifter ever got assimilated.
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Actually, do we know if shapeshifters have cells? Or are they energy-based or what?
If they do have cells, there's no reason why nanoprobes would have any difficulty assimilating them cell by cell. The traditional cyborg attachments might be more troublesome....but hey, the Borg can adapt
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There are lots of different shapeshifters in town, but if we're talking about the Founders, their exact composition wasn't really delved into, other than the fact that they are, fundamentally, matter.
(Or so it was safe to assume until Odo tried his hand at being fire for awhile. Zuh?)
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Plus the fact that when they(Founders) shrink in size, they don't seem to retain their mass. I.e. Odo flying as a bird, or Quark having no problem carrying him around as a medikit or something in some episode or other.
Hence the qualifiers.
One wonders how a completely energy based life form would evolve anyways, but whatever.
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