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Nevertheless, its mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) has not yet been characterized.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Here, the complete mitogenome of\n                      <jats:italic>D. chinense<\/jats:italic>\n                      was de novo assembled using a hybrid sequencing strategy integrating MGISEQ-2000 and Nanopore platforms. Codon usage bias was evaluated based on relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU). Simple sequence repeats (SSRs), mitochondrial plastid DNA (MTPTs) fragments, and RNA editing sites were also identified.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The assembled mitogenome was 916,504 bp in length, with a GC content of 46.17%, and contains 39 unique protein-coding genes (PCGs), 19 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and 3 ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes. A total of 294 SSRs, 17 MTPTs fragments, and 676 RNA editing sites were detected in the mitogenome. Phylogenetic analysis placed\n                      <jats:italic>D. chinense<\/jats:italic>\n                      within the order Saxifragales, showing the closest relationship to\n                      <jats:italic>Distylium racemosum<\/jats:italic>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Collectively, these results provide a comprehensive characterization of the\n                      <jats:italic>D. chinense<\/jats:italic>\n                      mitogenome and establish a valuable genomic resource for future studies on mitochondrial genome evolution and the molecular basis of flood tolerance.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpls.2026.1820003","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,15]],"date-time":"2026-05-15T05:43:01Z","timestamp":1778823781000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Comprehensive analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of Distylium chinense"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Bo","family":"Ding","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Agriculture and Forestry Science and Technology, Chongqing Three Gorges Vocational College","place":["Chongqing, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yan-bin","family":"Xue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Design College, Chongqing Industry Polytechnic University","place":["Chongqing, China"]},{"name":"School of Life Sciences, Southwest University","place":["Chongqing, China"]},{"name":"Chongqing Academy of Chinese Materia Medica","place":["Chongqing, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chang-ying","family":"Xia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Teacher Education, Southwest University","place":["Chongqing, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhi-wei","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Agriculture and Forestry Science and Technology, Chongqing Three Gorges Vocational College","place":["Chongqing, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zi-yun","family":"Shu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State-owned Baima Mountain Forest Farm","place":["Chongqing, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hua","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State-owned Baima Mountain Forest Farm","place":["Chongqing, China"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"565","DOI":"10.1094\/PDIS-07-13-0702-PDN","article-title":"First report on natural infection of Paeonia tenuifolia by \u2018Candidatus Phytoplasma Solani\u2019 in Serbia","volume":"98","author":"Adamovic","year":"2014","journal-title":"Plant Dis."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2583","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btx198","article-title":"MISA-web: a web server for microsatellite prediction","volume":"33","author":"Beier","year":"2017","journal-title":"Bioinformatics"},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"505","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev-arplant-050213-035811","article-title":"The contributions of transposable elements to the structure, function, and evolution of plant genomes","volume":"65","author":"Bennetzen","year":"2014","journal-title":"Annu. 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