Morten Erik Allentoft

Morten Erik Allentoft

Associate Professor


  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  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

    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

  6. 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

  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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Published

    Mapping human mobility during the third and second millennia BC in present-day Denmark

    Frei, K. M., Bergerbrant, S., Sjögren, K., Jørkov, M L S, Lynnerup, Niels, Harvig, L., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Sikora, Martin, Price, T. D., Frei, Robert & Kristiansen, K., 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 8, e0219850.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Tracing the dynamic life story of a Bronze Age Female

    Frei, Karin Margarita, Mannering, U., Kristiansen, K., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Wilson, A. S., Skals, I., Tridico, S., Nosch, Marie Louise Bech, Willerslev, Eske, Clarke, L. & Frei, Robert, 2015, In: Scientific Reports. 10431.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    A matter of months: high precision migration chronology of a Bronze Age female

    Frei, K. M., Villa, Chiara, Jørkov, M L S, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Kaul, F., Ethelberg, P., Reiter, S. S., Wilson, A. S., Taube, M., Olsen, J., Lynnerup, Niels, Willerslev, Eske, Kristiansen, K. & Frei, Robert, 5 Jun 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 6, 20 p., e0178834.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. 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

  20. Published

    An assessment of ancient DNA preservation in Holocene–Pleistocene fossil bone excavated from the world heritage Naracoorte Caves, South Australia

    Grealy, A., Macken, A., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Rawlence, N. J., Reed, E. & Bunce, M., 2016, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 31, 1, p. 33-45 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. 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

  22. Published

    The Farm beneath the Sand: An Archaeological Case Study on Ancient "Dirt" DNA

    Hebsgaard, M. B., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Pedersen, J. A., Heyn, P., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Bunce, M., Munch, K., Schweger, C. & Willerslev, Eske, 2009, In: Antiquity. 83, p. 430-444 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    An extremely low-density human population exterminated New Zealand moa

    Holdaway, R. N., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Jacomb, C., Oskam, C. L., Beavan, N. & Bunce, M., 2014, In: Nature Communications. 5, 8 p., 5436.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    A basic statistical approach to determining adult sex ratios of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) from sample series, with potential regional and depositional biases

    Holdaway, R. N. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2022, In: Notornis. 69, 3, p. 158-173 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Identification of an optimal sampling position for stable isotopic analysis of bone collagen of extinct moa (Aves: Emeidae)

    Holdaway, R. N., Hawke, D. J., Bunce, M. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2011, In: Notornis. 58, p. 1-7 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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