Mark Shriver

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Anthropology

Research Summary

Addresses questions related to recent human evolution -- in particular the evolution that took place during and after the spread of anatomically modern humans across the globe. Some of the phenotypes he focuses on include skin pigmentation and voice pitch.

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Recent Publications

The Legacy of Infectious Disease Exposure on the Genomic Diversity of Indigenous Southern Mexicans

Garcia, O. A., Arslanian, K., Whorf, D., Thariath, S., Shriver, M., Li, J. Z. & Bigham, A. W., Mar 3 2023, In: Genome biology and evolution. 15, 3

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Joint multi-ancestry and admixed GWAS reveals the complex genetics behind human cranial vault shape

Goovaerts, S., Hoskens, H., Eller, R. J., Herrick, N., Musolf, A. M., Justice, C. M., Yuan, M., Naqvi, S., Lee, M. K., Vandermeulen, D., Szabo-Rogers, H. L., Romitti, P. A., Boyadjiev, S. A., Marazita, M. L., Shaffer, J. R., Shriver, M. D., Wysocka, J., Walsh, S., Weinberg, S. M. & Claes, P., Dec 2023, In: Nature communications. 14, 1, 7436.

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Human scalp hair as a thermoregulatory adaptation

Lasisi, T., Smallcombe, J. W., Larry Kenney, W., Shriver, M. D., Zydney, B., Jablonski, N. G. & Havenith, G., 2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 24, e2301760120.

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Using data-driven phenotyping to investigate the impact of sex on 3D human facial surface morphology

Matthews, H. S., Mahdi, S., Penington, A. J., Marazita, M. L., Shaffer, J. R., Walsh, S., Shriver, M. D., Claes, P. & Weinberg, S. M., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Anatomy. 243, 2, p. 274-283 10 p.

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Exploring regional aspects of 3D facial variation within European individuals

Wilke, F., Herrick, N., Matthews, H., Hoskens, H., Singh, S., Shaffer, J. R., Weinberg, S. M., Shriver, M. D., Claes, P. & Walsh, S., Dec 2023, In: Scientific reports. 13, 1, 3708.

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Hybrid autoencoder with orthogonal latent space for robust population structure inference

Yuan, M., Hoskens, H., Goovaerts, S., Herrick, N., Shriver, M. D., Walsh, S. & Claes, P., Dec 2023, In: Scientific reports. 13, 1, 2612.

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Matching 3D Facial Shape to Demographic Properties by Geometric Metric Learning: A Part-Based Approach

Mahdi, S. S., Nauwelaers, N., Joris, P., Bouritsas, G., Gong, S., Walsh, S., Shriver, M. D., Bronstein, M. & Claes, P., Apr 1 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science. 4, 2, p. 163-172 10 p.

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Decoding the Human Face: Progress and Challenges in Understanding the Genetics of Craniofacial Morphology

Naqvi, S., Hoskens, H., Wilke, F., Weinberg, S. M., Shaffer, J. R., Walsh, S., Shriver, M. D., Wysocka, J. & Claes, P., Aug 31 2022, In: Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. 23, p. 383-412 30 p.

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Effects of Male Facial Masculinity on Perceived Attractiveness

Ekrami, O., Claes, P., Shriver, M. D., Weinberg, S. M., Marazita, M. L., Walsh, S. & Van Dongen, S., Mar 2021, In: Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology. 7, 1, p. 73-88 16 p.

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Fluctuating asymmetry and sexual dimorphism in human facial morphology: A multi-variate study

Ekrami, O., Claes, P., Van Assche, E., Shriver, M. D., Weinberg, S. M., Marazita, M. L., Walsh, S. & Van Dongen, S., Feb 2021, In: Symmetry. 13, 2, p. 1-9 9 p., 304.

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3D facial phenotyping by biometric sibling matching used in contemporary genomic methodologies

Hoskens, H., Liu, D., Naqvi, S., Lee, M. K., Eller, R. J., Indencleef, K., White, J. D., Li, J., Larmuseau, M. H. D., Hens, G., Wysocka, J., Walsh, S., Richmond, S., Shriver, M. D., Shaffer, J. R., Peeters, H., Weinberg, S. M. & Claes, P., May 13 2021, In: PLoS genetics. 17, 5 May, e1009528.

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The Intersection of the Genetic Architectures of Orofacial Clefts and Normal Facial Variation

Indencleef, K., Hoskens, H., Lee, M. K., White, J. D., Liu, C., Eller, R. J., Naqvi, S., Wehby, G. L., Moreno Uribe, L. M., Hecht, J. T., Long, R. E., Christensen, K., Deleyiannis, F. W., Walsh, S., Shriver, M. D., Richmond, S., Wysocka, J., Peeters, H., Shaffer, J. R., Marazita, M. L., & 3 othersHens, G., Weinberg, S. M. & Claes, P., Feb 22 2021, In: Frontiers in Genetics. 12, 626403.

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Microscopical discrimination of human head hairs sharing a mitochondrial haplogroup

Koch, S. L., Liebowitz, C., Shriver, M. D. & Jablonski, N. G., Jan 2021, In: Journal of Forensic Sciences. 66, 1, p. 56-71 16 p.

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High-throughput phenotyping methods for quantifying hair fiber morphology

Lasisi, T., Zaidi, A. A., Webster, T. H., Stephens, N. B., Routch, K., Jablonski, N. G. & Shriver, M. D., Dec 2021, In: Scientific reports. 11, 1, 11535.

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Genome scans of facial features in East Africans and cross-population comparisons reveal novel associations

Liu, C., Lee, M. K., Naqvi, S., Hoskens, H., Liu, D., White, J. D., Indencleef, K., Matthews, H., Eller, R. J., Li, J., Mohammed, J., Swigut, T., Richmond, S., Manyama, M., Hallgrimsson, B., Spritz, R. A., Feingold, E., Marazita, M. L., Wysocka, J., Walsh, S., & 4 othersShriver, M. D., Claes, P., Weinberg, S. M. & Shaffer, J. R., Aug 19 2021, In: PLoS genetics. 17, 8, e1009695.

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