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[Assassin's creed] Why are the Templars trying to create a precursor body?

I was under the impression the Templars wanted the precursor genome so they could explore the genetic memories with an animus in order to gleam secrets about precursor tech.

Now it turns out they are trying to clone a live precursor. What gives?
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The Precursors are biologically distinct from humans. The Genome may not have been enough to allow the Animus to be cross compatible between the species. Having a live subject allows them to obtain data from Animus use without the issues of human biology corrupting the input. 

Plus, you can basically guarantee that Juno has had some influence in the program.