E Kobyliansky
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 91848 |
|---|---|
| NOME | E Kobyliansky |
| PRENOMES | E |
| SOBRENOME | Kobyliansky |
| ASSINATURA | KOBYLIANSKY E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Tel Aviv University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9691-3813 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 121 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 94 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 121 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1977 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Variability of Somatotypes According to Heath-Carter in Adult Chuvash People
Introduction. In the range of topical problems of modern human morphology, the doctrine of bodily constitution occupies an important place, but there is a shortage of data on population variability of somatotypes in the literature. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to study age and sex variations in body composition components using the Heath-Carter method in the Chuvash rural population examined in several villages in the Mariinsky-P…
Prevalence and characteristics of radiographic hand osteoarthritis in rural Turkmens
Introduction. The knowledge about the prevalence of hand osteoarthritis (OA) in different populations, the pattern of joint involvement, and the association with age, sex, and weight might be helpful in the understanding of the etiology and in developing the prevention strategy of hand OA. It can be important from a public health perspective. The study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and pattern of radiographic hand OA in the Turkmen community-b…
Intertribal variability of some cephalometric traits in Bedouins of South Sinai and an attempt to visualize it by the method of composite photo portrait
Introduction. The article presents the results of the development data on kefalometry of the complex South Sinai anthropological expedition. The purpose was to study the variability of cephalometric traits in South Sinai Bedouins. Objectives: to identify possible phenotypic differences between the tribes, to assess the position of the Bedouin tribes against the background of the Middle Eastern and North African populations according to literary d…
Hand osteoarthritis
Objective: The aim of the study was to explore whether the development of radiographic hand osteoarthritis (OA) is affected more by ethnicity or environment, comparing five Russian community-based samples living in different geographical locations and two ethnic groups, Russian and Buryats, who reside in the same geographic area. Material and methods. Cross-sectional observational study. The study population comprised ethnic Russians (821 males a…
Starvation May Change the Type of Paternal but Not Maternal Inheritance of the Telomere Length Throughout Generations
Our aim was to evaluate the effect of starvation on the paternal and maternal inheritance of the leucocyte telomere length (LTL) in three birth cohorts: before, during, and after the Chuvashian famine of 1922–1923. This retrospective cohort study comprised native Chuvash men (n= 678) and women (n=647) born between 1909–1980. Data were gathered during three expeditions: 1994, 1999, 2002, enabling us to treat age and birth year as independent varia…
Heritability of 2D
A Chuvashian population-based sample included 802 males and 738 females (mean age 46.98±17.10 and 48.65±16.62 years, correspondingly). Age, basic demographics, anthropometric data, reproductive indices, and x-rays of both hands were collected. Results and discussion. Familial correlations of FLR traits showed no significant correlation for spouses, however, parent-offspring (0.15-0.28, p
Taste sensitivity to phenylthiocarbamide found in South Sinai Bedouin tribes
The aim of this work was to study taste sensitivity to phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) amongst Bedouin tribes and compare the Bedouins with Arab and Jewish populations. Data obtained by the classic method of serial dilutions in 317 healthy male Bedouins, aged 16–70 belonging to different tribes, were examined. We discovered significant differences in chemosensitivity to PTC in the Bedouin communities. A high frequency of the t allele was documented in…
Finger length ratio in longevity populations
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of finger length ratio between three longevity populations (Abkhazians, Azerbaijanis, and Georgians) and one nonlongevity population (Russians), as well as between a longevity and nonlongevity sample within one ethnic group (Abkhazians). METHODS: In a cross-sectional observational study, we compared the prevalence of finger length ratio in longevity vs nonlongevity samples. RESUL…
Heritability estimation of 2D
Objectives The purpose of this study was to evaluate the familial correlations and heritability of 2D:4D ratio traits using a large population‐based sample of ethnically homogeneous pedigrees from Chuvasha and Bashkortostan Autonomies of the Russian Federation. Methods We calculated the familial correlations and performed a heritability analysis of 2D:4D ratio traits in a sample of 1541 subjects (803 men and 738 women, mean age 47.78 ± 16.89 year…
Rates of ontogenesis, dynamics of morphological changes and adaptive status in three present-day pastoral populations, retaining traditional way of living
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Multivariate analysis of the blood pressure variability in Bedouin tribes of South Sinai
Objective: to study intertribal and age-related variability of blood pressure values relative to the body mass index (hereinafter – BMI) in Bedouin tribes of the South Sinai using variance analysis and canonical discriminant analysis. Materials and methods. The samples based on physiological parameters (systolic and diastolic pressure, pulse pressure, and grip strength of the right and left hands) included 304 male and 68 female adults of Gebeliy…
Digit ratio and laterality indices
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between digit ratio indices (representing the prenatal androgen and estrogen exposure) and different laterality indices, handedness (HDD), the dominant eye (DE), hand clasping (HCL) and arm folding (ARMF) in a large (N=1,586) Chuvashian population-based sample.HDD showed a significant association with the right phalangeal length ratio, the right and the left metacarpal ratio and the rig…
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We found that a low 2D:4D ratio (radiologically evaluated), a masculine 2D:4D ratio type (visually evaluated), and a putative bioassay for prenatal androgen exposure, were associated with a later menarche and a shorter reproductive period. No association was found with menopausal age
Sexual dimorphism in Muzeina Bedouins from South Sinai
The objective of this study is to compare the pattern of sex differences between two different sets of dermatoglyphic traits: 22 quantitative and 40 indices of diversity and asymmetry through Multivariate analyses in Muzeina Bedouins with high inbreeding coefficient of 0.0908 (Kobyliansky and Hershkovitz 1997) from South Sinai. A degree of universality is observed in the “digital pattern size factor” indicate the genetic factor which has more inf…
Age-related Skeletal Changes in Adult Populations Under Various Social and Geographical Conditions
Age-related changes in hand bones were studied in adult urban dwellers of Eastern Europe (Lithuania, Komi, and Moscow), and in first- and second- generation migrants from European countries to Israel, compared with the indigenous population of the Middle East. The total sample size was 1828. Signs of aging in the shape and structure of hand bones were assessed with x-rays using the OSSEO method. The results indicate a moderate level of adaptation…
Inheritance of dermatoglyphic traits in twins
Dermatoglyphic traits in a sample of twins were analyzed to estimate the resemblance between MZ and DZ twins and to evaluate the mode of inheritance by using the maximum likelihood-based Variance decomposition analysis. The additive genetic variance component was significant in both sexes for four traits--PII, AB_RC, RC_HB, and ATD_L. AB RC and RC_HB had significant sex differences in means, whereas PII and ATD_L did not. The results of the Bivar…
Finger and palmar dermatoglyphics in Muzeina Bedouin from South Sinai
Quantitative finger and palmar dermatoglyphics of 218 individuals (170 males and 48 females) belonging to the Muzeina Bedouins from South Sinai Peninsula. They are characterized with a high degree of consanguinity, a small isolate nomadic tribe. 22 quantitative dermatoglyphic traits (12 finger and 10 palms) were considered in the present study. Except PII (non-significant sex difference), the results of significant sex differences of finger ridge…
Finger and palmar dermatoglyphics in Muzeina Bedouins from South Sinai
Qualitative finger and palmar dermatoglyphics traits of 218 individuals (170 males and 48 females), belonging to the Muzeina Bedouins – the nomadic tribe, a small isolate with a high degree of consanguinity from the South Sinai Peninsula were studied. The highest frequencies of pattern whorl (W) on the 4th finger followed by an ulnar loop (UL) on the 3rd finger for both hands in both sexes were observed. Similarly, the highest occurrence of patte…
Hand osteoarthritis and aging
Background : Because osteoarthritis (OA) is associated with morbidity and mortality, we hypothesized that radiographic hand OA would generally be associated with chronic systemic morbidity and it will be less prevalent in longevity populations than in non-longevity populations. Aims : 1) to evaluate the association between chronic systemic morbidity and radiographic hand OA; 2) to compare the prevalence and the mode of the development of radiogra…
Inheritance of finger pattern types in MZ and DZ twins
Climate is associated with prevalence and severity of radiographic hand osteoarthritis
Inheritance of 18 quantitative dermatoglyphic traits based on Factors in MZ and DZ twins
18 quantitative finger and palmar dermatoglyphic traits were analyzed with the aim of determining genetic effects and common familial environmental influences on a large (358 nuclear pedigrees) number of twins (MZ and DZ). Genetic analysis based on principal factors includes variance and bivariate variance decomposition analysis. Especially, Factor 1 (digital pattern size) is remarkable, due to its degree of universality. The results of genetic a…
Variables affecting dental fluctuating asymmetry in human isolates
The aims of the present study are to 1) determine and describe levels of dental fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in a highly endogamous human group; 2) evaluate the effects of various FA measures on perceived FA levels and their interrelationships; 3) study the connections between dental variables (tooth size, class, position, type, location and dimension) and FA levels; and 4) estimate the interrelationships between dental FA measures. The study was c…
Anthropometric multivariate structure and dermatoglyphic peculiarities in biochemically and morphologically different heterozygous groups
Multivariate analysis of the relationship between degree of heterozygosity at four blood group loci and the morphological variability in a human population was carried out. Additionally, the possibility that dermatoglyphic patterns correlate with biochemical and anthropometric variables was also investigated. A strong and significant increase in the frequency of morphologically multimodal individuals was observed, which paralleled the heterozygos…
Secular Trends of Reproductive Indices in Chuvashian Women
In the present cross-sectional study of the Chuvashian rural population, we examined the secular trends of age at menarche, the age at menopause, the reproductive period, and the age of the first marriage of Chuvashian women. The cohort included 745 women aged 18–90 years; age at menarche (N = 653) ranging from 10 to 24 years (mean 15.42 ± 2.11). Data regarding menopausal age was obtained from 316 women born between 1920 and 1950 (mean 48.5 ± 4.6…
Comparative analysis of morphological traits in biochemically homozygous and heterozygous individuals from a single population
Bioassay of Kinship in Populations of Middle Eastern Origin and Controls [and Comments and Replies]
Gene frequencies for 32 populations show 3 Jewish and 4 gentile clusters. From phenotype frequencies the estimate of inbreeding F is .0110 for populations in the Middle East and .0002 for other populations. Differentiation of populations in the region is small (F =.026) compared with that of the species as a whole (F =.146). Kinship between populations is appreciable within clusters but much less within the total Jewish and gentile groups (.004 a…
Mode of Inheritance of Hand Osteoarthritis in Ethnically Homogeneous Pedigrees
The aim of the present study was to investigate the extent and mode of inheritance of hand osteoarthritis (OA) using a large sample of ethnically homogeneous pedigrees. Two types of segregation analysis (SA) models were examined. Type I models used the data adjusted for potential significant covariates, particularly age and sex, prior to genetic analysis. Type 11 models incorporated effects of the potential covariates into major gene penetrance f…
Population biology of human aging
Changes in cephalic morphology of israelis due to migration
Genetic Determination of Head-Size-Related Anthropometric Traits in an Ethnically Homogeneous Sample of 373 Indian Pedigrees of West Bengal
The substantial involvement of genetic factors in the determination of head-size and head-shape traits has been firmly established. However, there has been a lack of agreement on a number of specific issues concerning the pattern of inheritance of craniofacial features. In this study we examined some of these issues in a large, ethnically homogeneous sample of Indian pedigrees. The data included 1,263 individuals belonging to 373 nuclear families…
Efficiency of cranial bilateral measurements in separating human populations
A set of 31 nonconventional paired cranial measurements, as well as six conventional nonpaired measures, were taken on 266 skulls, representing two related populations: Bedouins of the Israeli Negev Desert and Bedouins of the Sinai. The data were subjected to univariate and discriminant analyses to determine the relative efficacy of paired vs. conventional measures in sorting individuals according to tribal and sex affiliation. It was found that …
Relationship between genetic anomalies of different levels and deviations in dermatoglyphic traits. Part 2
Directional dental asymmetry in South Sinai Bedouin isolates
Dental casts of 242 Bedouin children were used to study directional asymmetry (DA). Results of Student's t-test pair comparison showed that for permanent dentition, 4 out of 24 DA measures were statistically significant whereas for deciduous dentition, 8 out of 20 measures were significant (p less than 0.05). The magnitude of DA was on the average 1% of the total size of the tooth. No preference regarding dimension (buccolingual, mesiodistal) or …
Southern sinai bedouin tribes
Arensburg B., Hershkovitz I., Kobyliansky E., Micle S. Southern sinai bedouin tribes : preliminary communication on an anthropological survey / Les tribus bédouins du sud Sinaï ; communication préliminaire sur leur anthropologie ; considérations générales . In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, XIII° Série. Tome 6 fascicule 4, 1979. pp. 363-372
Association Between Morbidity and Skeletal Biomarkers of Biological Aging
The Osseographic Scoring System (OSS) is a synthetic measure of skeletal aging that combines osteoporotic and osteoarthritic changes of the hand. The OSS is used to evaluate biological age in a population. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between certain chronic morbidities and the skeletal biomarker of biological aging. We performed a population-based study on a large sample of individuals who were receiving no medica…
Use of the Hand Bones Roentgenographs in the Prediction of Age in Nine Human Populations
The major aim of this study was to develop an accurate method of age prediction for a wide range of ages, based on the roentgenographic assessment of the hand bones, for use in paleoanthropology and forensic medicine. The roentgenographs of the hand bones were assessed in 5756 individuals, 2683 males and 3073 females, aged 17-93 and 17-89, respectively, belonging to 9 ethnic groups from the former USSR, Israel, and Sinai peninsula (Egypt). For ea…
Bilateral asymmetry in dental discrete traits in human isolates
Data are presented on dental morphology as adjudged from dental casts of children (boys and girls) 6-13 years of age from four Bedouin tribes of Southern Sinai (Gebeliya, Muzeina, Hamada and Aliquat) and a mixed group designated as "other tribes", (Awlad Said, Gararsha, Sawalcha, Haweitat and Beni-Wassal). Alginate was the impression material used and the casts were made of artificial stone poured into the irreversible hydrocolloid impression. A …
Dermatoglyphic sexual dimorphism in Middle Eastern Jews
Kobyliansky E., Micle S. Dermatoglyphic sexual dimorphism in Middle Eastern Jews. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, XIV° Série. Tome 4 fascicule 4, 1987. pp. 271-289
Metric and non-metric variation in three isolated bedouin populations of the negev and South Sinai deserts
Coxa Vara in a Chalcolithic Population from the Sinai
Association between physique characteristics and hand skeletal aging status
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between skeletal aging traits (obtained from evaluation of hand radiographs) and physique characteristics, including indices of obesity, skeletal size, muscular development, and the somatotypes of Heath and Carter (1967) and of Deriabin (1985). To achieve our aims, we used multiple regression analysis, and Pearson's and canonical correlation analyses. The studied population comprised 62…
Relationship between genetic anomalies of different levels and deviations in dermatoglyphic traits. Part 4
The present study was carried out in order to evaluate the effect of chromosomal morbidity (trisomy 21) in males and females with Down's Syndrome (DS) based on dermatoglyphic traits (DT) and their indices of diversity and asymmetry. The results were compared between parents and control groups of women and men whose data are detailed in our publication (Kobyliansky et al. 1999). The general aim of the study was to explore the possibility of using …
Sibling similarity in development of covariation among physical traits in early childhood
We studied the sibling similarity in development of covariation among body size characters (body weight (W), body length (S) and head circumference (HC) in Tel Aviv infants from birth up to 2 years of age. We investigated the effects of parental geographic origin, profession, age, current residence, and of family size. Multiple regression analysis with “dummy” procedure established that none of these variables had any significant effect on the af…
Dermatoglyphic sexual dimorphism in Yemenite Jews
Micle S., Kobyliansky E. Dermatoglyphic sexual dimorphism in Yemenite Jews. In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, XIV° Série. Tome 4 fascicule 2, 1987. pp. 95-113
The dermatoglyphic characteristics of two isolated Bedouin groups from South Sinai
The dermatoglyphics of the Muzeina and Gebeliya Bedouin tribes, two small biologically isolated populations, leading a similar nomadic life under the specific conditions of the Sinai desert, were studied. The differences found between the studied samples concern particularly the frequencies of palmar and finger pattern types. These differences are in agreement with data on the origin of the tribes, a Negro and/or European admixture being evident …
Finger patterns characteristics as determinants of total ridge count variability
The total ridge count (TRC) was viewed as a common composite trait with definite correlations between its components — the ridge counts (RC) of individual fingers. The TRC variability was accordingly examined as a function of the variability of these components. The distribution of pattern types on the fingers, the RC of patterns per total as well as per finger location, and the mean finger RC were all analyzed in relation to the RC variability a…
Changes in morphology of human populations due to migration and selection
Anthropological characteristics of 115 young Israeli-born male Jews (18-25 years), offspring of immigrants from Russia and Poland, are described. The morphological changes in the young group are compared with a sample of 1914 from the "parent" group, and with two non-Jewish European groups--1547 in the 18-25 year age range and 3711 in the 40-60 age range. The results indicate a "migrational effect" acting in young migrant offspring as expressed i…
Sexing of Bedouin skeletons from Israel
Handedness, hand-clasping and arm-folding in Israeli males
Comparative analysis of handedness, hand-clasping and arm-folding frequencies in four groups of adult Israel Jewish males of East European origin (N=562), Central European origin (N=165), Middle Eastern origin (N=191), and North African origin (N=163), indicates a significant similarity between the groups. A high percentage of left-handed individuals was observed in all groups except the Middle Eastern one. Right-hand clasping and left arm-foldin…
Finger dermatoglyphic characteristics in Israeli males
Southern sinai bedouin tribes
Arensburg B., Hershkovitz I., Kobyliansky E., Micle S. Southern sinai bedouin tribes : preliminary communication on an anthropological survey / Les tribus bédouins du sud Sinaï ; communication préliminaire sur leur anthropologie ; considérations générales . In: Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris, XIII° Série. Tome 6 fascicule 4, 1979. pp. 363-372
The digital triradii of the palm
A technique for measuring torsion angles of long bones
AB0, MNSs and Rhesus blood group systems in some Jewish populations of Israel
The ABO, MNSs and Rhesus blood group systems were investigated in Israeli Jews. In total 1452 individuals were tested for ABO blood groups and of these, 955 for MNSs and 943 for Rhe sus blood group systems. Six groups deriving from Eastern, Central and Southern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Yemen were compared. The frequencies of the phenotypes, genes and gene-complexes were calculated. The shortest genetic distance was found between …
Jewish populations of the world
In six Jewish populations from Eastern, Central and Southern Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Yemen, the frequencies of 30 genes from 13 loci were determined. The calculation of genetic distances between these populations as well as a cluster analysis were done. The gene frequencies of these six populations were computed together with those of 19 other Jewish populations of diverse countries described in the literature. Of the 19 populat…
Bioassay of Kinship in Populations of Middle Eastern Origin and Controls [and Comments and Replies]
Gene frequencies for 32 populations show 3 Jewish and 4 gentile clusters. From phenotype frequencies the estimate of inbreeding F is .0110 for populations in the Middle East and .0002 for other populations. Differentiation of populations in the region is small (F =.026) compared with that of the species as a whole (F =.146). Kinship between populations is appreciable within clusters but much less within the total Jewish and gentile groups (.004 a…
Whorl patterns on fingertips
Coxa Vara in a Chalcolithic Population from the Sinai
Influence of random drift and selection on AB0 blood group gene frequencies in Jewish populations
Genetic composition of Jewish populations
Genetic diversity and F statistics analysis, using 9 and 5 blood group loci, respectively, were carried out on 16 Jewish populations from 5 geographic regions: East Europe, Central Europe, South Europe, Middle East and North Africa. The proportion of total diversity found within populations was 98.9% while that between populations, within geographic groups and between groups altogether was only 1.1%. The average heterozygosity between geographic …
Migration and biological isolation of human populations influencing range and variation of metric and non-metric traits of the skull and mandible
Metric and non-metric variation in three isolated bedouin populations of the negev and South Sinai deserts
Changes in cephalic morphology of israelis due to migration
Biocultural adaptation of cauterization in South Sinai Bedouin tribes
Heritability of some morphological traits in man
Heritability of 20 anthropometric traits was assessed by multiple regression analyses on 305 Mexican families. For most of the studied traits a high coefficient of heritability (range between 0.6 and 0.9) and a high and significant additive component of genetic variance were found. Only in three traits did the non-additive component have a significant value. By principal component analy sis all the studied traits were separated into eight indepen…
Comparative analysis of morphological traits in biochemically homozygous and heterozygous individuals from a single population
Differential fertility and morphological constitution of spouses
The relationship between fertility (number of children born) and morphological constitution of both spouses was studied in 230 Mexican families. The analysis considered both parental phenotype/genotype and expected (according to the additive model) heterozygosity level of the offspring. The sample was composed of 2 subpopulation -- sedentary and emigrants but the average number of living children in families of emigrant parents and ones remaining…
A morphological approach to the problem of the biological similarity of Jewish and non-Jewish populations
The genetic kinship between various Jewish and non-Jewish groups, from the biochemical standpoint, has been much investigated, frequently with very contradictory conclusions. The present paper reports the results of two comparative analyses of several Jewish and non-Jewish populations as based on morphological measurements of adult males. The first analysis employed data on Jewish and non-Jewish communities from five geographic regions of the wor…
Handedness and dermatoglyphic directional and fluctuating asymmetry
The dermatoglyphics of 650 right-handed and 98 left-handed males were compared. A to tal of 66 variables were used, entailing 24 quantitative dermatoglyphic traits, 11 indices of intraindi vidual diversity, 15 indices of directional asymmetry and 16 indices of fluctuating bilateral asymme try. The data were submitted to principal component and discriminant analyses. In right-handers, the fluctuating asymmetry was reduced and the directional asymm…
The dermatoglyphic characteristics of two isolated Bedouin groups from South Sinai
The dermatoglyphics of the Muzeina and Gebeliya Bedouin tribes, two small biologically isolated populations, leading a similar nomadic life under the specific conditions of the Sinai desert, were studied. The differences found between the studied samples concern particularly the frequencies of palmar and finger pattern types. These differences are in agreement with data on the origin of the tribes, a Negro and/or European admixture being evident …
Comparison of variance within and between sibships in anthropometric traits of mexican migrant and sedente families
Variance between and within sibships in anthropometric traits was ascertained in a sample of Mexican families in the U.S.A. (migrants) and in Mexico (sedentes), by sex. The factor of age was eliminated by standardization. The siblings intraclass coefficient of correlation for the various traits by means of the one-way variance analysis manifested differences between the sexes in various anthropometric traits. Variance between sibships was found t…
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