I'm looking to sequence HSD in a non-model organism. I've been using degenerate primers for awhile and finally got a successful sequence. BUT when I enter it into BLAST, I get high sequence identity with HSD-like sequences in species closely related to mine (and not). What does this "like" mean? Is the gene sequence "like" that of HSD in other species? Does it say anything about the protein homology/function? Should I not even bother with this sequence? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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