Mitochondrial DNA control region analysis of three ethnic groups in the Republic of Macedonia

Abstract

A total of 444 individuals representing three ethnic groups (Albanians, Turks and Romanies) in the Republic of Macedonia were sequenced in the mitochondrial control region. The mtDNA haplogroup composition differed between the three groups. Our results showed relatively high frequencies of haplogroup H12 in Albanians (8.8%) and less in Turks (3.3%), while haplogroups M5a1 and H7a1a were dominant in Romanies (13.7% and 10.3%, respectively) but rare in the former two. This highlights the importance of regional sampling for forensic mtDNA databasing purposes. These population data will be available on EMPOP under accession numbers EMP00644 (Albanians), EMP00645 (Romanies) and EMP00646 (Turks).

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“…The westward routes developed by Phoenicians could be partially diachronically mirrored in the similarities between Lebanon, Turkey and Spain (Cunliffe, 2001). Even the Albanians are included in this group, suggesting that Balkan populations show different mitochondrial haplogroup frequencies through complex isolations and genetic drift events in the past (Bosch et al, 2006;Jankova-Ajanovska et al, 2014, Scorrano et al, 2017.…”

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“…The diversity parameters of mtDNA control region haplotype in the three ethnic populations are presented in Table 5. The insertion and deletion sites were ignored (Tillmar et al, 2010;Jankova-Ajanovska et al, 2014). There were 1119 positions in the final dataset.…”