Changes in version 1.47 DEFUNCT o probesByLL is now defunct; use AnnotationDbi::select() instead. o blastSequences supports multiple sequence queries; use as="data.frame" for output. o Improve blastSequences strategy for result retrieval, querying the appropriate API for status every 10 seconds after initial estimated processing time. 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.