Author

Laurent Mittelheiser

University of LiègeORCID 0000-0003-1059-6736Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

Biology Disciplines

Click to filter author papers

Evolutionary Biology· 2

Signature Assays, Organisms & Methods

Click to filter · or open tag

Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 2 Approach:comparative / phylogenetic analysis· 1 Organism:multiple species· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno FrédérichiD· 2 shared A. GilletiD· 1 shared Alex DornburgiD· 1 shared Charlotte Koenig· 1 shared Denis BaurainiD· 1 shared Jennifer R. HodgeiD· 1 shared Josefin StilleriD· 1 shared Vincent LaudetiD· 1 shared

Activity by Year

2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

Co-Author Collaboration Network

8 top collaborators · 16 mutual co-author links

Click any collaborator node to inspect or filter shared papers

Focal author (center)Selected co-authorORCID co-authorUnlinked name

Curved chords = mutual co-authorship

2 shared papersEvolutionary Biology

Bruno FrédérichORCID

Mutual co-authors in cluster

Author profile →

2 papers

Recent·Most cited

Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 10, 2026

Hyoid barbels as a key innovation triggering goatfish adaptive radiation

Laurent Mittelheiser, Josefin Stiller, Charlotte Koenig…·Bruno Frédérich

This paper shows that hyoid barbels in goatfishes drove rapid speciation and ecomorphological divergence, meeting criteria for adaptive radiation.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.08.750153

statistical modeldevelopment & morphogenesis

𝕏 PostBluesky

Evolutionary BiologyBMC BiologyPeer-reviewedFeb 23, 2026

Rapid and repeated evolution of the pigmentation patterns in reef fishes

Bruno Frédérich, Laurent Mittelheiser, A. Gillet…·Alex Dornburg

This study examines the relationship between pigmentation pattern diversity, species richness, and geography in coral reef fishes, finding a positive correlation and evidence of rapid phenotypic diversification.

5 citationstop 1%

multiple speciescomparative / phylogenetic analysis

𝕏 PostBluesky