Fig. 1

The lack of standardization in gene nomenclature can lead to inconsistencies in analyses (a). SynGenes Python Class possess two main functions, gene name standardization (b), and query construction (c). The first function requires the user to input the long gene name and the type (mt for mitochondrial genes or cp for chloroplast genes), as mandatory parameters. Upon execution of the standardization function, the provided name is searched in the database (d), returning the corresponding short name if it exists (e, f). If the information is not found (e), an error message is displayed, and the unfound name is logged into a file (g). This process helps in resolving such inconsistencies for posterior genetic analyses (h)