Morten Erik Allentoft

Morten Erik Allentoft

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    Eight millennia of matrilineal genetic continuity in the South Caucasus

    Margaryan, Ashot, Derenko, M., Hovhannisyan, H., Malyarchuk, B., Heller, Rasmus, Khachatryan, Z., Avetisyan, P., Badalyan, R., Bobokhyan, A., Melikyan, V., Sargsyan, G., Piliposyan, A., Simonyan, H., Mkrtchyan, R., Denisova, G., Yepiskoposyan, L., Willerslev, Eske & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 10 Jul 2017, In: Current Biology. 27, 13, p. 2023-2028 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Early human dispersals within the Americas

    Moreno-Mayar, J. V., Vinner, L., de Barros Damgaard, P., de la Fuente, C., Allentoft, M. E., Vimala, T., Racimo, F., Rasmussen, S., Margaryan, A., Iraeta Orbegozo, M., Mylopotamitaki, D., Alexandersen, V., Primeau, C., Gregersen, K., Hansen, K. L., Lynnerup, N., Kjær, K., Schroeder, H., Malaspinas, A. S., Sikora, M. & 2 others, Nielsen, Rasmus & Willerslev, Eske, 7 Dec 2018, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 362, 6419, p. 1, 1-11 12 p., eaav2621.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Early divergent strains of Yersinia pestis in Eurasia 5,000 years ago

    Rasmussen, S., Allentoft, M. E., Nielsen, K., Orlando, L. A. A., Sikora, M., Sjögren, K-G., Pedersen, A. G., Schubert, M., Van Dam, A., Kapel, C. M. O., Nielsen, H. B., Brunak, S., Avetisyan, P., Epimakhov, A., Khalyapin, M. V., Gnuni, A., Kriiska, A., Lasak, I., Metspalu, M., Moiseyev, V. & 11 others, Gromov, A., Pokutta, D., Saag, L., Varul, L., Yepiskoposyan, L., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Foley, R. A., Lahr, M. M., Nielsen, R., Kristiansen, K. & Willerslev, Eske, 2015, In: Cell. 163, 3, p. 571-582 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 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

  5. Published

    Diverse variola virus (smallpox) strains were widespread in northern Europe in the Viking Age

    Mühlemann, B., Vinner, L., Margaryan, A., Wilhelmson, H., de la Fuente Castro, C., Allentoft, M. E., de Barros Damgaard, P., Hansen, A. J., Holtsmark Nielsen, S., Strand, L. M., Bill, J., Buzhilova, A., Pushkina, T., Falys, C., Khartanovich, V., Moiseyev, V., Jørkov, M. L. S., Østergaard Sørensen, P., Magnusson, Y., Gustin, I. & 9 others, Schroeder, Hannes, Sutter, G., Smith, G. L., Drosten, C., Fouchier, R. A. M., Smith, D. J., Willerslev, Eske, Jones, T. C. & Sikora, Martin, 2020, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 369, 6502, p. 1-12

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Discussion: Are the Origins of Indo-European Languages Explained by the Migration of the Yamnaya Culture to the West?

    Klejn, L. S., Haak, W., Lazaridis, I., Patterson, N., Reich, D., Kristiansen, K., Sjögren, K., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Sikora, Martin & Willerslev, Eske, 1 Feb 2018, In: European Journal of Archaeology. 21, 01, p. 3-17

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Derived immune and ancestral pigmentation alleles in a 7,000-year-old Mesolithic European

    Olalde, I., Allentoft, M. E., Sánchez-Quinto, F., Santpere, G., Chiang, C. W. K., DiGeorgio, M., Prado-Martínez, J., Rodríguez Pérez, J. A., Rasmussen, S., Quilez, J., Ramírez, O., Marigorta, U. M., Fernández-Callejo, M., Prada, M. E., Encinas, J. M. V., Nielsen, R., Netea, M. G., Novembre, J., Sturm, R. A., Sabeti, P. & 4 others, Marquès-Bonet, T., Navarro, A., Willerslev, Eske & Lalueza-Fox, C., 2014, In: Nature. 507, 7491, p. 225-228 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Complete mitochondrial genomes from museum specimens clarify millipede evolution in the Eastern Arc Mountains

    Nielsen, M., Margaryan, Ashot, Nielsen, Tejs Lind, Enghoff, Henrik & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2022, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 196, 2, p. 924-939 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Comparing ancient DNA preservation in petrous bone and tooth cementum

    Hansen, H. B., Damgaard, P. D. B., Margaryan, Ashot, Stenderup, Jesper Tandberg, Lynnerup, Niels, Willerslev, Eske & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 27 Jan 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 1, 18 p., e0170940.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Centuries-Old DNA from an Extinct Population of Aesculapian Snake (Zamenis longissimus) Offers New Phylogeographic Insight

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Rasmussen, A. & Kristensen, H., 10 Mar 2018, In: Diversity. 10, 10 p., 14.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Bionik - Mennesket lærer af naturen

    Strager, H., Køhler, M., Lystager, C., Allentoft, Morten Erik & Garbers, B., 2004, Zoologisk Museum, Københavns Universitet.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Published

    Aquatic environmental DNA: A review of the macro-organismal biomonitoring revolution

    Takahashi, M., Saccò, M., Kestel, J. H., Nester, G., Campbell, M. A., van der Heyde, M., Heydenrych, M. J., Juszkiewicz, D. J., Nevill, P., Dawkins, K. L., Bessey, C., Fernandes, K., Miller, H., Power, M., Mousavi-Derazmahalleh, M., Newton, J. P., White, N. E., Richards, Z. T. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 873, 23 p., 162322.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Approaching sheep herds origins and the emergence of the wool economy in continental Europe during the Bronze Age

    Sabatini, S., Bergerbrant, S., Brandt, Luise Ørsted, Margaryan, Ashot & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2019, In: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 11, 9, p. 4909-4925 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) in agricultural systems: Current uses, limitations and future prospects

    Kestel, J. H., Field, D. L., Bateman, P. W., White, N. E., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Hopkins, A. J. M., Gibberd, M. & Nevill, P., 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 847, 21 p., 157556.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Ancient pathogen DNA in human teeth and petrous bones

    Margaryan, Ashot, Hansen, H., Rasmussen, Simon, Sikora, Martin, Moiseyev, V., Khoklov, A., Epimakhov, A., Yepiskoposyan, L., Kriiska, A., Varul, L., Saag, L., Lynnerup, Niels, Willerslev, Eske & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2018, In: Ecology and Evolution. 8, 6, p. 3534-3542 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Ancient human parvovirus B19 in Eurasia reveals its long-term association with humans

    Mühlemann, B., Margaryan, A., Damgaard, P. D. B., Allentoft, M. E., Vinner, L., Hansen, A. J., Weber, A., Bazaliiskii, V. I., Molak, M., Arneborg, J., Bogdanowicz, W., Falys, C., Sablin, M., Smrcka, V., Sten, S., Tashbaeva, K., Lynnerup, N., Sikora, M., Smith, D. J., Fouchier, R. A. M. & 5 others, Drosten, C., Sjögren, K., Kristiansen, K., Willerslev, Eske & Jones, T. C., 2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 29, p. 7557-7562 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Ancient hepatitis B viruses from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period

    Mühlemann, B., Jones, T. C., Damgaard, P. D. B., Allentoft, M. E., Shevnina, I., Logvin, A., Usmanova, E., Panyushkina, I. P., Boldgiv, B., Bazartseren, T., Tashbaeva, K., Merz, V., Lau, N., Smrcka, V., Voyakin, D., Kitov, E., Epimakhov, A., Pokutta, D., Vicze, M., Price, T. D. & 14 others, Moiseyev, V., Hansen, Anders Johannes, Orlando, L. A. A., Rasmussen, Simon, Sikora, Martin, Vinner, Lasse, Osterhaus, A. D. M. E., Smith, D. J., Glebe, D., Fouchier, R. A. M., Drosten, C., Sjögren, K., Kristiansen, K. & Willerslev, Eske, 2018, In: Nature. 557, 7705, p. 418-423 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  20. 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

  21. Published

    Ancient genomes show social and reproductive behavior of early Upper Paleolithic foragers

    Sikora, M., Seguin-Orlando, A., Sousa, V. C., Albrechtsen, A., Korneliussen, T. S., Ko, A., Rasmussen, S., Dupanloup, I., Nigst, P. R., Bosch, M. D., Renaud, G., Allentoft, M. E., Margaryan, A., Vasilyev, S. V., Veselovskaya, E. V., Borutskaya, S. B., Deviese, T., Comeskey, D., Higham, T., Manica, A. & 7 others, Foley, R., Meltzer, D. J., Nielsen, Rasmus, Excoffler, L., Lahr, M. M., Orlando, L. A. A. & Willerslev, Eske, 3 Nov 2017, In: Science. 358, 6363, p. 659-662 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Ancient biomolecules reveal ancestry, diet and microbiomes of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers from Sicily

    Scorrano, Gabriele, Nielsen, S. H., Lo Vetro, D., Mackie, Meaghan, Fabbri, P. F., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Martini, F., Martanez-Labarga, C., Rickards, O., Olsen, Jesper Velgaard, Willerslev, Eske, Cappellini, Enrico & Sikora, Martin, 2020, p. 255-255.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Ancient Jomon genome sequence analysis sheds light on migration patterns of early East Asian populations

    Gakuhari, T., Nakagome, S., Rasmussen, S., Allentoft, M. E., Sato, T., Korneliussen, T., Chuinneagain, B. N., Matsumae, H., Koganebuchi, K., Schmidt, R., Mizushima, S., Kondo, O., Shigehara, N., Yoneda, M., Kimura, R., Ishida, H., Masuyama, T., Yamada, Y., Tajima, A., Shibata, H. & 8 others, Toyoda, A., Tsurumoto, T., Wakebe, T., Shitara, H., Hanihara, T., Willerslev, Eske, Sikora, Martin & Oota, H., 2020, In: Communications Biology . 3, 1, 10 p., 437.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. 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

  25. Published

    Ancient DNA reveals multiple origins and migration waves of extinct Japanese brown bear lineages

    Segawa, T., Yonezawa, T., Mori, H., Akiyoshi, A., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Kohno, A., Tokanai, F., Willerslev, Eske, Kohno, N. & Nishihara, H., 2021, In: Royal Society Open Science. 8, 8, 15 p., 210518.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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