Mitochondrial DNA Profiles of Individuals from a 12th Century Necropolis in Feldioara (Transylvania)

Gînguță, Alexandra; Rusu, Ioana; Mircea, Cristina; Ioniță, Adrian; Banciu, Horia Leonard; Kelemen, Beatrice

doi:10.3390/genes12030436

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“…17 Mathieson et al 2018. 18 Rusu et al 2018;Rusu et al 2019;Gînguță et al 2021. population dynamics of this region. For instance, generating aDNA for the Babadag culture could provide insights into the genetic origins of this enigmatic group, which is currently poorly understood.…”

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Florica (BOHÎLȚEA) MIHUȚ, University of Bucharest Rodica URSU-NANIU, University Spiru Haret of BucharestWe shall never truly know to what extent an encounter, a person, a book or a life situation has influenced our destiny and becoming. If not for the awakening of self-consciousness, that imago, transformation and becoming of each of us, was prepared long before it occurred, through providential encounters with those who guided our formation, without us being aware of this thing.The awareness of the moment in which the assumed construction of one's own status begins coincides with the understanding of the importance of the people met by the will of destiny and without whom one's own becoming would not have been possible. Only then, reliving the stages of life in the mind, the image of the mentors takes shape, enveloped in an overwhelming gratitude, in a deep and ever-growing admiration for their way of being, of thinking, of working. Although the tumult of life and daily challenges do not always leave room for prolonged memories, it is always a moral obligation to commemorate those who supported us morally and professionally at the outset of our carrier. Evoking the teacher and scientist Ligia Bârzu is both a privilege and a moral duty. A privilege because she was successively our teacher, guide, and colleague. A moral duty as a natural part of our existence because the cultivation of memory is, equally, a recuperative gesture for those who have left and a purifying one for those who remain. We owe to professor Remembering LIGIA BÂRZU (1930-2003 7Ligia Bârzu not only a part of our personal and scientific development, but also the inspired example of a dignified, assumed, and honest life.She was a dedicated and hardworking person, who traversed the various stages of her university teaching career, progressing from lecturer to teacher. Her education was under the guidance of esteemed teachers such as Ion Nestor, D. M. Pippidi, Gheorghe Ștefan. Devoted to scholarly pursuits, she excelled in researching an extremely complicated and complex issue related to the period of the great migrations. Her doctoral thesis, entitled 'Continuity of the autochthonous population in Transylvania in the IV-V centuries' and coordinated by Professor Ion Nestor, was printed in 1973 at the Romanian Academy Publishing House. Faced with a scarcity of written sources depicting the historical evolution of the first half of the 1st millennium AD, when the former Roman province of Dacia was exposed to waves of migrants, archaeological research assumed paramount importance. Thus, Ligia Bârzu's participation in the archaeological excavations at Bratei, Mediaș, Sarata-Monteoru, Dridu became an important part of her professional growth, mirroring her analytical and synthesizing skills in interpreting archaeological findings and aligning them with other historical sources. The outcome of these research endeavours becomes evident in the subsequent monographic works. These publications, in particular, focused on the issue of Daco-Romanian continuity ...

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“…17 Mathieson et al 2018. 18 Rusu et al 2018Rusu et al 2019;Gînguță et al 2021. population dynamics of this region. For instance, generating aDNA for the Babadag culture could provide insights into the genetic origins of this enigmatic group, which is currently poorly understood.…”

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Exchanging genes and goods: How ancient DNA can potentially illuminate complex mobility patterns in the Black Sea region

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Ancient DNA (aDNA) has emerged as a groundbreaking tool in the field of archaeology, providing insights into the movement of individuals and their goods. The field combines genetics, anthropology, and archaeology to reconstruct the intricate complexities of human history. Here, we discuss how ancient DNA analysis has the potential to enhance our understanding of historical mobility patterns in the Black Sea region, specifically in Dobrogea. We also offer broad guidelines and optimal practices that researchers should consider following when working with skeletal collections if they are interested in performing aDNA analyses. As aDNA methods advance and become more refined, we anticipate that our ability to unravel the intricate interplay between human mobility and cultural exchange in the past will also improve.

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“…Through an experimental strategy based on PCR and Sanger sequencing, Gînguță and colleagues [ 2 ] investigated the maternal genetic diversity of medieval individuals from Transylvania (Romania). The mitochondrial DNA control region of 13 individuals from the Feldioara necropolis (12–13th century) was analyzed and compared with historical and modern populations.…”

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