[RightWhale]

genetic scientist may have been missing something fundamental.

I, too, have had this feeling for a few days. Perhaps they have the cart before the horse. They may be going down a dead-end alley.

[Pontiac]

They may be going down a dead-end alley.

Even a trip down a dead end alley is progress. Once you get to the end you go back to the beginning knowing that you went the wrong way.