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. 2024 Aug 23;16(8):e67593. doi: 10.7759/cureus.67593

Table 1. Studies on genetic diversity based on Y chromosome analysis performed in Romanian populations.

No. Author(s) Year of publication Region Study lot (no.) Number of loci Main results Reference
1 Stefan et al. 2001 Romania and the Republic of Moldova 219 9 Y-SNP It demonstrated that the geographic region of the Carpathians is a breakpoint in the genetic geography of Central Eastern Europe. [22]
2 Barbarii et al. 2003 Bucharest, Romania 104 7 Y-STR In total, 97 different haplotypes were observed, of which 92 were unique. Discriminative capacity was 93.26% and haplotype diversity was 98.87%. [23]
3 Barbarii et al. 2004 Transylvania, Siebenburgen area 59 7 Y-STR Typing results reveal an extensive variety of haplotypes among the Saxon population. [24]
4 Beer et al. 2004 Transylvania, Corund 99 8 Y-STR From 99 samples, 99 different haplotypes were found. The haplotype diversity was 0.9973±0.0021. [25]
5 Bosch et al. 2006 South-East Romania Ploiești and Constanța 67         19 Y-STR The haplotype diversity for the batches from Constanța and Ploiesti was 0.998±0.009 and 0.998±0.007, respectively. [26]
6 Egyed et al. 2006 Transylvania, Miercurea Ciuc, and Lunca de Sus 175 12 Y-STR From a total of 175 samples, 134 different haplotypes were observed. The haplotype diversity for the Szekler population was 0.9987±0.005, and for the Csango population, it was 0.9883±0.016. [27]
7 Stanciu et al. 2010 South-East Romania 122 17 Y-STR In total, 115 different haplotypes were determined and 109 were unique. [28]
8 Bembea et al. 2011 North-West Romania 175 12 Y-STR The haplotype diversity was 0.9931 in the Oradea batch, 0.2134 in the Tileagd batch, 0.9747 in the Şinteu batch, and 0.9536 in Palota. [29]
9 Martinez-Cruz et al. 2012 Dolj, Mehedinți, Cluj, and Brașov 178 19 Y-STR The group of individuals with the name "Basarab" has a haplotype diversity of 0.9286±0.027, and the haplotype diversities in the populations from Cluj, Brașov, Dolj, and Mehedinți are 0.9973±0.005, 0.9796±0.007, 0.9775±0.013, and 0.9818±0.046, respectively. [30]
10 Varzari et al. 2013 East Romania 54 17 Y-STR The haplotype diversity for the Romanian group was 0.9895. [31]
11 Borbély et al. 2023 Transylvania, Odorheiu Secuiesc 92 23 Y-STR The haplotype diversity for the Szekely population was 0.9995 and the proportion of single haplotypes was 97.8%. [32]