@conference{
author = "Kovačević-Grujičić, Nataša and Davidović, Slobodan and Malyarchuk, Boris and Grzybowski, Tomasz and Aleksić, Jelena and Derenko, Miroslava and Litvinov, Andrey and Rogalla-Ladniak, Urszula and Stevanović, Milena",
year = "2019",
abstract = "Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is used in forensics for over three decades and is particularly
suitable when STR profiling cannot be performed due to the degraded and/or scarce nuclear
DNA. Traditionally, mtDNA typing is based on ~600 bp of the hypervariable segments I and
II (HVS-I and HVS-II) of the control region (CR, ~1100 bp). Nowadays, it is possible to use
variability of complete mtDNAs which enables maximum resolution of distinct maternal
lineages. However, the number of complete mitogenomes in reference databases such as
EMPOP is still insufficient, and that hampers their wider usage in forensic casework. In order
to fill in the gap in the reference database, which, considering Slavic-speaking populations,
currently comprises only mitogenomes of East and West Slavs, we present population data
for 226 Serbian mitogenomes, representatives of South Slavs from the Balkan Peninsula. We
support previous findings on both high levels of genetic diversity in the Serbian population
and patterns of genetic differentiation among Serbian and ten studied European populations.
However, increased genetic differentiation was observed among Serbian and two European
populations (Russians and Poles) with our high resolution data. We demonstrate that
the inclusion of indel polymorphisms into analysis contributed towards nearly complete
resolution of mtDNA haplotypes (97.1% vs. 86.3% without indels), and that the random
match probability was as low as 0.53%. Bayesian skyline analysis of Serbian mitogenomes
revealed population expansion after the Last Glacial Maximum and during the Migration
period (IV-IX century A.D.). Phylogenetic analysis of the Serbian and relevant West Eurasian
haplotypes contributed towards the improvement of the worldwide mtDNA phylogeny to
the certain extent, which is essential for the interpretation of the mtDNA casework. Lineages
of a putative Balkan origin as well as those shared among Serbian and other European
populations were observed.",
publisher = "Belgrade: Serbian Genetic Society",
journal = "6th Congress of the Serbian genetic society: Book of abstracts; 2019 Oct 13-17; Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia",
title = "Whole mitochondrial genome diversity in serbian population: phylogenetic and forensic aspects",
pages = "157",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_ibiss_5886"
}