The mitochondrial DNA makeup of Romanians: A forensic mtDNA control region database and phylogenetic characterization

High haplotype diversity (0.993) and nucleotide diversity indices (0.00838 ± 0.00426), together with low random match probability (0.0087) suggest the usefulness of this control region dataset as a forensic database in routine forensic mtDNA analysis and in the investigation of maternal genetic lineages in the Romanian population.