| BIC | Bayesian Information Criterion |
| BLA | Blagoevgrad |
| BOT | Botevgrad |
| bp | base pair |
| CI | confidence interval |
| CSO | Conevo |
| DC | Dolni Chiflik |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| DOB | Dobrich |
| EP | Elin Pelin |
| GD | Gotse Delchev |
| HAR | Harmanli |
| Hd | haplotype diversity |
| IHT | Ihtiman |
| KAR | Karlovo |
| KAV | Kavarna |
| KOS | Kostinbrod |
| KRU | Krumovgrad |
| MEZ | Mezdra |
| MON | Montana |
| NH | Novi Han |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PER | Pernik |
| PET | Petrich |
| PIR | Pirdop |
| PLE | Pleven |
| PRO | Provadia |
| RAD | Radomir |
| RAZ | Razgrad |
| rDNA | ribosomal Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| rRNA | ribosomal Ribonucleic Acid |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SHU | Shumen |
| SIL | Silistra |
| SOF | Sofia |
| TET | Teteven |
| TRO | Troyan |
| VAR | Varna |
| VARSH | Varchets |
| VRA | Vratsa |
| YAM | Yambol |
| π | nucleotide diversity |