Temperature dependences of the basal-plane resistivity of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7Àd single crystals with different oxygen deficiency levels d are investigated in the temperature interval T c -300 K. In this temperature range, these dependences, alike those for Y 1Ày Pr y Ba 2 Cu 3 O 7Àx with various Pr content, y, can be described with great accuracy by an expression accounting for electron scattering on phonons and defects, as well as the fluctuation conductivity within the 3D Aslamazov-Larkin model. Our analysis shows that for both compounds the scattering characteristics for the charge carriers in the layer planes are determined by defects in the CuO 2 layers, which arise owing to changes in the oxygen deficiency or in the Pr content. Our data suggest that the fluctuation parameters are affected by the total defect concentration rather than by the oxygen deficiency. The dependences T c ðdÞ for YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7Àd and T c ðyÞ for Y 1Ày Pr y Ba 2 Cu 3 O 7Àx are similar, especially for y; d\0:2, and both can be ascribed to the suppression of superconductivity by defects.