Comparative Analysis of Araceae Mitochondrial Genomes: Implications for Adaptation to Ecological Transitions in Plants.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Plant mitogenomes display remarkable variation in size, structure, and gene content, yet their evolutionary causes remain unclear. Araceae, the most significant family within Alismatales, encompasses both aquatic and terrestrial lineages, providing an excellent system for studying how ecological shifts influence mitogenome evolution. Methods: We assembled and annotated four new mitogenomes using both short- and long-read sequencing, including three aquatic taxa (Pistia stratiotes L., Spirodela intermedia W. Koch, Wolffia australiana (Benth.) Hartog & Plas) and one terrestrial species (Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch). Along with five previously published mitogenomes, we performed comparative analyses across nine Araceae species

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12562776 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature