Morten Erik Allentoft

Morten Erik Allentoft

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    Vittrup Man–The life-history of a genetic foreigner in Neolithic Denmark

    Fischer, A., Sjögren, K-G., Jensen, T. Z. T., Jørkov, M. L., Lysdahl, P., Vimala, T., Refoyo-martínez, A., Scorrano, G., Price, T. D., Gröcke, D. R., Gotfredsen, A. B., Sørensen, L., Alexandersen, V., Wåhlin, S., Stenderup, J., Bennike, O., Ingason, A., Iversen, R., Sikora, M., Racimo, F. & 3 others, Willerslev, Eske, Allentoft, Morten Erik & Kristiansen, Kristian, 2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 2, p. 1-27

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Mapping co-ancestry connections between the genome of a Medieval individual and modern Europeans

    Ferrando-Bernal, M., Morcillo-Suarez, C., de-Dios, T., Gelabert, P., Civit, S., Díaz-Carvajal, A., Ollich-Castanyer, I., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Valverde, S. & Lalueza-Fox, C., 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 11 p., 6843.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Tracking Five Millennia of Horse Management with Extensive Ancient Genome Time Series

    Fages, A., Hanghøj, K., Khan, N., Gaunitz, C., Seguin-Orlando, A., Leonardi, M., McCrory Constantz, C., Gamba, C., Al-Rasheid, K. A. S., Albizuri, S., Alfarhan, A. H., Allentoft, M., Alquraishi, S., Anthony, D., Baimukhanov, N., Barrett, J. H., Bayarsaikhan, J., Benecke, N., Bernáldez-Sánchez, E., Berrocal-Rangel, L. & 101 others, Biglari, F., Boessenkool, S., Boldgiv, B., Brem, G., Brown, D., Burger, J., Crubézy, E., Daugnora, L., Davoudi, H., Damgaard, P. D. B., de los Ángeles de Chorro y de Villa-Ceballos, M., Deschler-Erb, S., Detry, C., Dill, N., do Mar Oom, M., Dohr, A., Ellingvåg, S., Erdenebaatar, D., Fathi, H., Felkel, S., Fernández-Rodríguez, C., García-Viñas, E., Germonpré, M., Granado, J. D., Hallsson, J. H., Hemmer, H., Hofreiter, M., Kasparov, A., Khasanov, M., Khazaeli, R., Kosintsev, P., Kristiansen, K., Kubatbek, T., Kuderna, L., Kuznetsov, P., Laleh, H., Leonard, J. A., Lhuillier, J., Liesau von Lettow-Vorbeck, C., Logvin, A., Lõugas, L., Ludwig, A., Luis, C., Arruda, A. M., Marques-Bonet, T., Matoso Silva, R., Merz, V., Mijiddorj, E., Miller, B. K., Monchalov, O., Mohaseb, F. A., Morales, A., Nieto-Espinet, A., Nistelberger, H., Onar, V., Pálsdóttir, A. H., Pitulko, V., Pitskhelauri, K., Pruvost, M., Rajic Sikanjic, P., Rapan Papeša, A., Roslyakova, N., Sardari, A., Sauer, E., Schafberg, R., Scheu, A., Schibler, J., Schlumbaum, A., Serrand, N., Serres-Armero, A., Shapiro, B., Sheikhi Seno, S., Shevnina, I., Shidrang, S., Southon, J., Star, B., Sykes, N., Taheri, K., Taylor, W., Teegen, W. R., Trbojević Vukičević, T., Trixl, S., Tumen, D., Undrakhbold, S., Usmanova, E., Vahdati, A., Valenzuela-Lamas, S., Viegas, C., Wallner, B., Weinstock, J., Zaibert, V., Clavel, B., Lepetz, S., Mashkour, M., Helgason, A., Stefánsson, K., Barrey, E., Willerslev, Eske, Outram, A. K., Librado, P. & Orlando, L., 2019, In: Cell. 177, 6, p. 1419-1435, e1-e31

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Raptor roosts as invasion archives: insights from the first black rat mitochondrial genome sequenced from the Caribbean

    Espino, M. M., Mychajliw, A. M., Almonte, J. N., Allentoft, Morten Erik & Van Dam, A. R., 2022, In: Biological Invasions. 24, 1, p. 17-25 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Genomic Steppe ancestry in skeletons from the Neolithic Single Grave Culture in Denmark

    Egfjord, A. F., Margaryan, Ashot, Fischer, A., Sjögren, K., Price, T. D., Johannsen, N. N., Nielsen, P. O., Sørensen, L., Willerslev, Eske, Iversen, Rune, Sikora, Martin, Kristiansen, K. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2021, In: P L o S One. 16, 1, p. 1-21

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Ancient genomics

    Der Sarkissian, C., Allentoft, M. E., Avila Arcos, M. D. C., Barnett, R., Campos, P. F., Cappellini, E., Ermini, L., Fernandez Garcia, R., Rodrigues da Fonseca, R. A., Ginolhac, A., Hansen, A. J., Jónsson, H., Korneliussen, T. S., Margaryan, A., Martin, M. D., Moreno Mayar, J. V., Raghavan, M., Rasmussen, M., Sandoval Velasco, M., Schroeder, H. & 6 others, Schubert, Mikkel, Seguin-Orlando, A., Wales, N., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Willerslev, Eske & Orlando, L. A. A., 2015, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 370, 1660, 12 p., 20130387.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    The first horse herders and the impact of early Bronze Age steppe expansions into Asia

    Damgaard, P. D. B., Martiniano, R., Kamm, J., Moreno Mayar, J. V., Kroonen, G., Peyrot, M., Barjamovic, G., Rasmussen, S., Zacho, C. G., Baimukhanov, N., Zaibert, V., Merz, V., Biddanda, A., Merz, I., Loman, V., Evdokimov, V., Usmanova, E., Hemphill, B., Seguin-Orlando, A., Yediay, F. E. & 31 others, Ullah, I., Sjögren, K., Iversen, K. H., Choin, J., jxb425, jxb425, Ilardo, M., Schroeder, Hannes, Moiseyev, V., Gromov, A., Polyakov, A., Omura, S., Senyurt, S. Y., Orlando, L. A. A., Ahmad, H., McKenzie, C., Margaryan, Ashot, Hameed, A., Samad, A., Gul, N., Khokhar, M. H., Goriunova, O. I., Bazaliiskii, V. I., Novembre, J., Weber, A. W., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Nielsen, R., Kristiansen, K., Sikora, Martin, Outram, A. K., Durbin, R. & Willerslev, Eske, 2018, In: Science. 360, 6396, 11 p., 1422.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes

    Damgaard, P. D. B., Marchi, N., Rasmussen, S., Peyrot, M., Renaud, G., Korneliussen, T. S., Moreno-Mayar, J. V., Pedersen, M. W., Goldberg, A., Usmanova, E., Baimukhanov, N., Loman, V., Hedeager, L., Pedersen, A. G., Nielsen, K., Afanasievl, G., Akmatov, K., Aldashev, A., Alpaslan, A., Baimbetov, G. & 55 others, Bazaliiskii, V. I., Beisenov, A., Boldbaatar, B., Boldgiv, B., Dorzhu, C., Ellingvag, S., Erdenebaatar, D., Dajani, R., Dmitriev, E., Evdokimov, V., Frei, K. M., Gromov, A., Goryachev, A., Hakonarson, H., Hegay, T., Khachatryan, Z., Khaskhanov, R., Kitov', E., Kolbina, A., Kubatbek, T., Kukushkin, A., Kukushkin, I., Lau, N., Margaryan, Ashot, Merkyte, Inga, Mertz, I. V., Mertz, V. K., Mijiddorj, E., Moiyesev, V., Mukhtarova, G., Nurmukhanbetov, B., Orozbekova, Z., Panyushkina, I., Pieta, K., Smrčka, V., Shevnina, I., Logvin, A., Sjögren, K., Štolcová, T., Tashbaeva, K., Tkachev, A., Tulegenov, T., Voyakin, D., Yepiskoposyan, L., Undrakhbold, S., Varfolomeev, V., Weber, A., Kradin, N., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Orlando, L. A. A., Nielsen, Rasmus, Sikora, Martin, Heyer, E., Kristiansen, K. & Willerslev, Eske, 2018, In: Nature. 557, 7705, p. 369-374 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Improving access to endogenous DNA in ancient bones and teeth

    Damgaard, P. D. B., Margaryan, Ashot, Schroeder, Hannes, Orlando, L. A. A., Willerslev, Eske & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2015, In: Scientific Reports. 5, 12 p., 11184.

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  10. Published

    Pulling out the 1%: whole-genome capture for the targeted enrichment of ancient DNA sequencing libraries

    Carpenter, M. L., Buenrostro, J. D., Valdiosera Morales, C., Schroeder, H., Allentoft, M. E., Sikora, M., Rasmussen, M., Gravel, S., Guillén, S., Nekhrizov, G., Leshtakov, K., Dimitrova, D., Theodossiev, N., Pettener, D., Luiselli, D., Sandoval, K., Moreno-Estrada, A., Li, Y., Wang, J., Gilbert, T. & 3 others, Willerslev, Eske, Greenleaf, W. J. & Bustamante, C. D., 7 Nov 2013, In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 93, 5, p. 852-864 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Early Pleistocene enamel proteome from Dmanisi resolves Stephanorhinus phylogeny

    Cappellini, E., Welker, F., Pandolfi, L., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Samodova, D., Rüther, P. L., Fotakis, A. K., Lyon, D., Moreno-Mayar, J. V., Bukhsianidze, M., Rakownikow Jersie-Christensen, R., Mackie, M., Ginolhac, A., Ferring, R., Tappen, M., Palkopoulou, E., Dickinson, M. R., Stafford, T. W., Chan, Y. L., Götherström, A. & 23 others, Nathan, S. K. S. S., Heintzman, P. D., Kapp, J. D., Kirillova, I., Moodley, Y., Agusti, J., Kahlke, R. D., Kiladze, G., Martínez-Navarro, B., Liu, Shanlin, Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander, Kelstrup, C. D., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Orlando, L., Penkman, K., Shapiro, B., Rook, L., Dalén, L., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Olsen, Jesper Velgaard, Lordkipanidze, D. & Willerslev, Eske, 2019, In: Nature. 574, 7776, p. 103-107

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Ancient Biomolecules and Evolutionary Inference

    Cappellini, Enrico, Prohaska, Ana, Racimo, Fernando, Welker, Frido, Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Damgaard, P. D. B., Gutenbrunner, P., Dunne, J., Hammann, S., Roffet-Salque, M., Ilardo, M., Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Wang, Yucheng, Sikora, Martin, Vinner, Lasse, Cox, J., Evershed, R. P. & Willerslev, Eske, 2018, In: Annual Review of Biochemistry. 87, 32 p., 36.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    When nets meet environmental DNA metabarcoding: integrative approach to unveil invertebrate community patterns of hypersaline lakes

    Campbell, M. A., Laini, A., White, N. E., Allentoft, Morten Erik & Saccò, M., 2023, In: Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 41, 4, p. 1331-1340 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  14. Quantitative Real-Time PCR in aDNA Research

    Bunce, M., Oskam, C. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2012, Ancient DNA: Methods and Protocols. Shapiro, B. & Hofreiter, M. (eds.). Springer Science+Business Media, p. 121-132 12 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 840).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Moa bones reveal DNA half-life but Jurassic Park remains fiction

    Bunce, M. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2012, In: The Conversation.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  16. Published

    Selection in Europeans on fatty acid desaturases associated with dietary changes

    Buckley, M. T., Racimo, Fernando, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Jensen, M. K., Jonsson, Anna Elisabet, Huang, H., Hormozdiari, F., Sikora, Martin, Marnetto, D., Eskin, E., Jørgensen, M. E., Grarup, Niels, Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Hansen, Torben, Kraft, P., Willerslev, Eske & Nielsen, Rasmus, Jun 2017, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 34, 6, p. 1307-1318 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Archaeological Wool Textiles: A Window into Ancient Sheep Genetics?

    Brandt, Luise Ørsted & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2019, The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe: Production, Specialisation, Consumption. Sabatini, S. & Bergerbrant, S. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 274-303 Twelve

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Archaeological wool textiles – a window to ancient sheep genetics?

    Brandt, Luise Ørsted & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2019, The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe. Cambridge University Press, p. 274-303

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Elevated genetic risk for multiple sclerosis emerged in steppe pastoralist populations

    Barrie, W., Yang, Y., Irving-Pease, E. K., Attfield, K. E., Scorrano, G., Jensen, L. T., Armen, A. P., Dimopoulos, E. A., Stern, A., Refoyo-Martinez, A., Pearson, A., Ramsøe, A., Gaunitz, C., Demeter, F., Jørkov, M. L. S., Møller, S. B., Springborg, B., Klassen, L., Hyldgård, I. M., Wickmann, N. & 11 others, Vinner, Lasse, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Sikora, Martin, Kristiansen, Kristian, Rodriguez, S., Nielsen, Rasmus, Iversen, A. K. N., Lawson, D. J., Fugger, Lars & Willerslev, Eske, 2024, In: Nature. 625, 7994, p. 321-328

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Ancient DNA shows high faunal diversity in the Lesser Caucasus during the Late Pleistocene

    Antonosyan, M., Seersholm, Frederik Valeur, Grealy, A. C., Barham, M., Werndly, D., Margaryan, Ashot, Cieślik, A., Stafford, T. W., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Bunce, M. & Yepiskoposyan, L., 2019, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 219, p. 102-111 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Recovering samples for ancient DNA research—guidelines for the field archaeologist

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Dec 2013, In: Antiquity. 87, 338

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Population genomics of bronze age Eurasia

    Allentoft, M. E., Sikora, M., Sjogren, K-G., Rasmussen, S., Rasmussen, M., Stenderup, J., Damgaard, P. D. B., Schroeder, H., Ahlstrom, T., Vinner, L., Malaspinas, A. S., Margaryan, A., Higham, T., Chivall, D., Lynnerup, N., Harvig, L. L., Baron, J., Della Casa, P., Dabrowski, P., Duffy, P. R. & 46 others, Ebel, A. V., Epimakhov, A., Frei, K., Furmanek, M., Gralak, T., Gromov, A., Gronkiewicz, S., Grupe, G., Hajdu, T., Jarysz, R., Khartanovich, V., Khokhlov, A., Kiss, V., Kolar, J., Kriiska, A., Lasak, I., Longhi, C., McGlynn, G., Merkevicius, A., Merkyte, Inga, Metspalu, M., Mkrtchyan, R., Moiseyev, V., Paja, L., Palfi, G., Pokutta, D., Pospieszny, L., Price, T. D., Saag, L., Sablin, M., Shishlina, N., Smrcka, V., Soenov, V. I., Szeverenyi, V., Toth, G., Trifanova, S. V., Varul, L., Vicze, M., Yepiskoposyan, L., Zhitenev, V., Orlando, L. A. A., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Brunak, Søren, Nielsen, Rasmus, Kristiansen, K. & Willerslev, Eske, 2015, In: Nature Genetics. 522, 7555, p. 167-172 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Extinct New Zealand megafauna were not in decline before human colonization

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Heller, Rasmus, Oskam, C. L., Lorenzen, Eline, Hale, M. L., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Jacomb, C., Holdaway, R. N. & Bunce, M., 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS). 111, 13, p. 4922-4927 6 p.

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  24. Published

    Identification of microsatellites from an extinct moa species using high-throughput (454) sequence data

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Schuster, S. C., Holdaway, R. N., Hale, M. L., McLay, E., Oskam, C. L., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Spencer, P., Willerslev, Eske & Bunce, M., 2009, In: BioTechniques. 46, 3, p. 195-200 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Global amphibian declines, loss of genetic diversity and fitness: a review

    Allentoft, Morten Erik & O'Brien, J., 2010, In: Diversity. 2, 1, p. 47-71 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

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