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
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2016
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. https://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. https://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), 1345-1363. https://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. https://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. https://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. https://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. Article e0118374. https://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. https://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. https://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. https://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. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12969
Kerschbaumer, M., Mitteroecker, P., & Sturmbauer, C. (2014). Evolution of body shape in sympatric versus non-sympatric Tropheus populations of Lake Tanganyika. Heredity, 112(2), 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2013.78
Mayer, C., Metscher, B. D., Müller, G. B., & Mitteroecker, P. (2014). Studying developmental variation with geometric morphometric image analysis (GMIA). PLoS ONE, 9(12), Article e115076. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0115076
Ramler, D., Mitteroecker, P., Shama, L. N. S., Wegner, K. M., & Ahnelt, H. (2014). Nonlinear effects of temperature on body form and developmental canalization in the threespine stickleback. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 27(3), 497-507. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12311
Untersteggaber, L., Mitteröcker, P., & Herler, J. (2014). Coral architecture affects the habitat choice and form of associated gobiid fishes. Marine Biology: international journal on life in oceans and coastal waters, 161(3), 521-530. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-013-2354-x
Windhager, S., Schaschl, H., Schäfer, K., Mitteröcker, P., Huber, S., Wallner, B., & Fieder, M. (2014). Variation at genes influencing facial morphology are not associated with developmental imprecision in human faces. PLoS ONE, 9(6), Article e99009. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099009
2013
Arif, S., Hilbrant, M., Hopfen, C., Almudi, I., Nunes, M. D. S., Posnien, N., Kuncheria, L., Tanaka, K., Mitteroecker, P., Schloetterer, C., & McGregor, A. P. (2013). Genetic and developmental analysis of differences in eye and face morphology between Drosophila simulans and Drosophila mauritiana. Evolution & Development, 15(4), 257-267. https://doi.org/10.1111/ede.12027
Coquerelle, M., Prados-Frutos, J. C., Benazzi, S., Bookstein, F. L., Senck, S., Mitteroecker, P., & Weber, G. W. (2013). Infant growth patterns of the mandible in modern humans: a closer exploration of the developmental interactions between the symphyseal bone, the teeth, and the suprahyoid and tongue muscle insertion sites. Journal of Anatomy, 222(2), 178-192. Article 222. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12008
Coquerelle, M., Carlos Prados-Frutos, J., Rojo, R., Mitteroecker, P., & Bastir, M. (2013). Short Faces, Big Tongues: Developmental Origin of the Human Chin. PLoS ONE, 8(11), Article 81287. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081287
Domjanic, J., Fieder, M., Seidler, H., & Mitteroecker, P. (2013). Geometric morphometric footprint analysis of young women. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 6, Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-1146-6-27
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