Why do they take Shaun in Fallout 4?

Why do they take Shaun in Fallout 4?

At this time, the Institute was desperate for genetic material unaffected by the radiation-ravaged wasteland for their Third Generation Synth project. The infant, Shaun, represented the perfect source of uncorrupted DNA, and the Institute set about to acquire him.

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