Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

IAH Post-graduate coordinator

Qualifications

BSc Biology University of Sussex 1975
PhD University of East Anglia 1982

Previous Positions

NERC Advanced Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, 1990-1995

Memberships

International Society for Behavioural Ecology (former elected secretary)
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (former council member)

Honours and Awards

Corresponding Fellow American Ornithologists' Union

Informal Interests

Cooking for friends

Research Interests

Sexual selection
Maintenance of genetic variation
Evolution of evolvability
Evolution of Ageing and cell death
Mate choice for MHC haplotypes
Evolution of sex ratios
Mechanisms of sex ratio adjustment
Kin selection
Kin recognition and the avoidance of inbreeding

Postgraduate Supervision

Professor Michael Jennions ANU
Dr Tom Pike, NERC post-doctoral research Fellow, University of Exeter

Esteem Indicators

Chair Evolution and Ecology grant awarding panel, Research Council of Norway

Member Ecology and Evolution panel, Academy of Finland

Scientific advisor for Centres of excellence in Evolution and Ecology, Finland

NERC Fellowships panel member 

Expert evaluator for the Research Council of Norway Centres of Excellence

• Roberts SC, Klapilová K, Little AC, Burriss RP, Jones BC, DeBruine LM, Petrie M, Havlicek J. Relationship satisfaction and outcome in women who meet their partner while using oral contraception. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2012, 279(1732), 1430-1436.
• Savelev S, Perry J, Bourke S, Taylor R, Fisher A, Corris P, Jary H, Petrie M, De Soyza A. Volatile biomarkers of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis and non cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis. Letters in Applied Microbiology 2011, 52(6), 610-613.
• Petrie M. Mating systems and genetic variation. In: Szkely, T., Komdeur, J., Moore, A, ed. Social Behaviour: Genes Ecology and Evolution. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp.302-305.
• Hale ML, Verduijn MH, Moller AP, Wolff K, Petrie M. Is the peacock's train an honest signal of genetic quality at the major histocompatibility complex?. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2009, 22(6), 1284-1294.
• Petrie M, Pinxten R, Eens M. Moorhens have an internal representation of their own eggs. Naturwissenschaften 2009, 96(3), 405-407.
• DeBruine LM, Smith FG, Jones BC, Roberts SC, Petrie M, Spector TD. Kin recognition signals in adult faces. Vision Research 2009, 49(1), 38-43.
• Petrie M, Cotgreave P, Pike TW. Variation in the peacock’s train shows a genetic component. Genetica 2009, 135(1), 7-11.
• Loyau A, Petrie M, Saint Jalme M, Sorci G. Do peahens not prefer peacocks with more elaborate trains?. Animal Behaviour 2008, 76(5), e5-e9.
• Savelev SC, Antony-Babu S, Roberts S, Wang H, Clare AS, Gosling LM, Petrie M, Goodfellow M, O'Donnell A, Ward A. Individual variation in 3-methylbutanal: A putative link between human leukocyte antigen and skin microflora. Journal of Chemical Ecology 2008, 34(9), 1253-1257.
• Roberts SC, Gosling LM, Carter V, Petrie M. MHC-correlated odour preferences in humans and the use of oral contraceptives. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2008, 275(1652), 2715-2722.
• Petrie M, Roberts G. Sexual selection and the evolution of evolvability. Heredity 2007, 98(4), 198-205.
• Savelev S, De Soyza A, Nicholson A, Perry J, Petrie M, Taylor R, Bourke SJ, Fisher AJ, Corris PA. Developing a non-invasive test for pseudomonas detection: towards an electronic nose. Thorax 2008, 63(Supplement 7), A37-A38 no. S81.
• Roberts SC, Little AC, Gosling LM, Perrett DI, Carter V, Jones BC, Penton-Voak I, Petrie M. MHC-heterozygosity and human facial attractiveness. Evolution and Human Behavior 2005, 26(3), 213-226.
• Jennions MD, Møller AP, Petrie M. Sexually selected traits and adult survival: a meta-analysis. Quarterly Review of Biology 2001, 76(1), 3-36.
• Pike TW, Petrie M. Offspring sex ratio is related to paternal train elaboration and yolk corticosterone in peafowl. Biology Letters 2005, 1(2), 204-207.
• Roberts SC, Hale ML, Petrie M. Correlations between heterozygosity and measures of genetic similarity: Implications for understanding mate choice. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2006, 19(2), 558-569.
• Roberts SC, Gosling LM, Spector TD, Miller P, Penn DJ, Petrie M. Body odor similarity in noncohabiting twins. Chemical Senses 2005, 30(8), 651-656.
• Pike TW, Petrie M. Maternal body condition and plasma hormones affect offspring sex ratio in peafowl. Animal Behaviour 2005, 70(4), 745-751.
• Roberts SC, Little AC, Gosling LM, Jones BC, Perrett DI, Carter V, Petrie M. MHC-assortative facial preferences in humans. Biology Letters 2005, 1(4), 400-403.
• Roberts SC, Havlicek J, Flegr J, Hruskova M, Little AC, Jones BC, Perrett DI, Petrie M. Female facial attractiveness increases during the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2004, 271(5), S270-S272.
• Lanyon CV, Colvan SR, Goodfellow M, Gosling LM, O'Donnell AG, Petrie M, Jensen SP, Roberts SC, Waite IS, Ward AC, Penn D. Does the immune system play a role in the community structure of commensal micro-flora and associated chemosensory individuality?. In: Molecular Microbial Ecology Group (MMEG). 2004, Essex, UK.
• Roberts SC, Havlicek J, Flegr J, Hruskova M, Little AC, Jones BC, Perrett DI, Petrie M. Female facial attractiveness increases during the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 2004, 271(s5), S270–272.
• Pike TW, Petrie M. Potential mechanisms of avian sex manipulation. Biological Reviews 2003, 78(4), 553-574.
• Moller AP, Petrie M. Condition dependence, multiple sexual signals, and immunocompetence in peacocks. Behavioral Ecology 2002, 13(2), 248-253.
• Pike TW, Petrie M. Potential mechanisms of avian sex manipulation. Biological Reviews 2003, 78(4), 553-574.
• Jennions MD, Petrie M. Why do females mate multiply? A review of the genetic benefits. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 2000, 75(1), 21-64.
• Little AC, Burriss RP, Petrie M, Jones BC, Roberts SC. Oral contraceptive use in women changes preferences for male facial masculinity and is associated with partner facial masculinity. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2013, (epub ahead of print).
• Roberts SC, Little AC, Burriss RP, Cobey KD, Klapilova K, Havlicek J, Jones BC, DeBruine L, Petrie M. Oral contraceptive use, partner choice and sexual satisfaction: testing the congruency hypothesis. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2013. Submitted.
• Petrie M, Schwabl H, Brande-Lavridsen N, Burke T. Maternal investment - Sex differences in avian yolk hormone levels. Nature 2001, 412(6846), 498-498.
• Petrie M, Schwabl H, Brande-Lavridsen N, Burke T. Maternal investment: sex differences in avian yolk hormone levels. Nature 2001, 412(6846), 498-499.
• Jennions MD, Moller AP, Petrie M. Sexually selected traits and adult survival: A meta-analysis. Quarterly Review of Biology 2001, 76(1), 3-36.
• Petrie M, Krupa A, Bucke T. Peacocks lek with relatives even in the absence of social and environmental cues. Nature 1999, 401(6749), 155-157.