Indeed they are. Which in no way answers the rebuttal I just offered. Quotes for respected scientists are not where you look to figure out what science currently thinks. For that, you must look at current scientific journals. I offered you a few in the long list of cites above. See if you can detect enormous doubts about Darwinian evolutionary theory at work in the metrics of cross-species fertilization in them. Or in the patent for a technique for cross-species fertilization I cited.