Changes in version 1.47: DEFUNCT o probesByLL is now defunct; use AnnotationDbi::select() instead. Changes in version 1.43: NEW FEATURES o blastSequences accepts an argument timeout limiting waiting time for a response; in an interactive session and after the timeout is reached, the user may opt to retry the query. o blastSequences accepts an argument as controlling the representation of the return value, either a DNAMultipleAlignment, a data.frame, or the XML.