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how can you say if two orthologous proteins belong to the same family

If there are two orthologous sequences from two different species. Does that necessarily mean, they belong to the same family?

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evolution phylogenetics

Orthology implies homology which means a common ancestor, so not only should it be the same gene family, but also the function of the protein should be very similar between species.

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