About me
I am a theoretical biologist and evolutionary biologist with strong interests in human and animal evolution, evolutionary medicine, biological anthropology, statistics, and the philosophy of science.
I have studied the development and evolution of human and primate anatomy, including the individual variation and perception of human faces, with medical applications to orthodontics. I am particularly interested in the interaction of developmental, environmental, and evolutionary processes. Another current research focus is on human childbirth: an evolutionary conundrum involving biological, environmental, and sociocultural dynamics.
I am fascinated by the analysis of complex biological data, including morphological, behavioral, and genetic data. I have contributed to modern morphometrics, the statistical analysis of biological form, as well as to multivariate biostatistics and quantitative genetics.
I am teaching morphometrics, statistics, theoretical and evolutionary biology at the University of Vienna and the University of Graz, and I am a directorial board member of the KLI Institute for Evolution & Cognition Research.
Publication list
2017
Astl, E., Onodera, K., Čelar, A., Mitteröcker, P., & Bantleon, H-P. (2017). Vergleich von konventionellen und selbstligierenden Brackets in der Nivellierungsphase mittels Split-Mouth-Design. Informationen aus Orthodontie & Kieferorthopädie, 49(1), 49-55.
Coquerelle, M., Prados-Frutos, J. C., Rojo, R., Drake, A. G., Murillo-Gonzalez, J. A., & Mitteroecker, P. (2017). The Fetal Origin of the Human Chin. Evolutionary Biology, 44(3), 295-311. doi.org/10.1007/s11692-017-9408-9
Fischer, B., & Mitteroecker, P. (2017). Allometry and Sexual Dimorphism in the Human Pelvis. Anatomical Record, 300(4), 698-705. doi.org/10.1002/ar.23549
Freudenthaler, J., Čelar, A., Ritt, C., & Mitteröcker, P. (2017). Geometric morphometrics of different malocclusions in lateral skull radiographs. Journal of orofacial orthopedics, 78, 11-20. doi.org/10.1007/s00056-016-0057-x
Mayer, C., Windhager, S., Schäfer, K., & Mitteroecker, P. (2017). BMI and WHR are reflected in female facial shape and texture: a geometric morphometric image analysis. PLoS ONE, 12(1), [e0169336]. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169336
Mitteroecker, P., Windhager, S., & Pavlicev, M. (2017). Cliff-edge model predicts intergenerational predisposition to dystocia and Caesarean delivery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 114(44), 11669-11672. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1712203114
2016
Bertl, M. H., Bertl, K., Wagner, M., Gahleitner, A., Stavropoulos, A., Ulm, C., & Mitteroecker, P. (2016). Second premolar agenesis is associated with mandibular form: a geometric morphometric analysis of mandibular cross-sections. International Journal of Oral Science, 8(4), 254-260. doi.org/10.1038/ijos.2016.41
Fischer, B., & Mitteroecker, P. (2016). Reply to Underdown and Oppenheimer: Roles of selection, plasticity, and genetics in the integration of human pelvis shape and head size. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 113(3), E259. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1520865113
Gonzalez, P. N., Pavlicev, M., Mitteroecker, P., Pardo-Manuel de Villena, F., Spritz, R. A., Marcucio, R. S., & Hallgrímsson, B. (2016). Genetic structure of phenotypic robustness in the collaborative cross mouse diallel panel. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29(9), 1737-1751. doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12906
Mitteroecker, P., & Fischer, B. (2016). Adult pelvic shape change is an evolutionary side effect. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 113(26), E3596. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1607066113
Mitteroecker, P., Huttegger, S. M., Fischer, B., & Pavlicev, M. (2016). Cliff-edge model of obstetric selection in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 113(51), 14680-14685. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1612410113
Mitteroecker, P., Cheverud, J. M., & Pavlicev, M. (2016). Multivariate Analysis of Genotype-Phenotype Association. Genetics: a periodical record of investigations bearing on heredity and variation, 202(4), 1345-63. doi.org/10.1534/genetics.115.181339
Pavličev, M., Mitteroecker, P., Gonzalez, P. M., Rolian, C., Jamniczky, H., Villena, F. P. M., Marcucio, R., Spritz, R., & Hallgrimsson, B. (2016). Development Shapes a Consistent Inbreeding Effect in Mouse Crania of Different Line Crosses. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 326(8), 474-488. doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22722
2015
Domjanic, J., Seidler, H., & Mitteroecker, P. (2015). A combined morphometric analysis of foot form and its association with sex, stature, and body mass. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 157(4), 582-591. doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22752
Fischer, B., & Mitteroecker, P. (2015). Covariation between human pelvis shape, stature, and head size alleviates the obstetric dilemma. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 112(18), 5655-5660. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1420325112
Mitteröcker, P., Windhager, S., Müller, G., & Schäfer, K. (2015). The morphometrics of "masculinity" in human faces. PLoS ONE, 10(2), e0118374. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118374
Mitteroecker, P. (2015). Systems mapping has potential to overcome inherent problems of genetic mapping. Comment on "Mapping complex traits as a dynamic system" by L. Sun and R. Wu. Physics of Life Reviews, 13, 190-191. doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2015.04.032
2014
Bookstein, F. L., & Mitteroecker, P. (2014). Comparing Covariance Matrices by Relative Eigenanalysis, with Applications to Organismal Biology. Evolutionary Biology, 41(2), 336-350. doi.org/10.1007/s11692-013-9260-5
Celar, A. G., Onodera, K., Bertl, M. H., Astl, E., Bantleon, H. -P., Sato, S., & Mitteroecker, P. (2014). Geometric morphometric evaluations of a randomized prospective split-mouth study on modes of ligation and reverse-curve mechanics. Orthodontics & Craniofacial Research, 17(3), 158-169. doi.org/10.1111/ocr.12042
Chartier, M., Jabbour, F., Gerber, S., Mitteroecker, P., Sauquet, H., von Balthazar, M., Städler, Y., Crane, P. R., & Schönenberger, J. (2014). The floral morphospace - a modern comparative approach to study angiosperm evolution. New Phytologist, 204, 841-853. doi.org/10.1111/nph.12969