Morten Erik Allentoft

Morten Erik Allentoft

Associate Professor


  1. 2012
  2. Published

    Ancient DNA analyses of early archaeological sites in New Zealand reveal extreme exploitation of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) at all life stages

    Oskam, C. L., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Walter, R., Scofield, R. P., Haile, J., Holdaway, R. N., Bunce, M. & Jacomb, C., Oct 2012, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 52, p. 41-48 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Moa’s Ark or volant ghosts of Gondwana? Insights from nineteen years of ancient DNA research on the extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) of New Zealand

    Allentoft, Morten Erik & Rawlence, N. J., 20 Jan 2012, In: Annals of Anatomy. 194, 1, p. 36-51 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. A molecular characterization of a newly discovered megafaunal fossil site in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Scofield, R. P., Oskam, C. L., Hale, M. L., Holdaway, R. N. & Bunce, M., 2012, In: Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 42, 4, p. 241-256 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  5. 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 article

  6. Published

    Molekyler og moafugle - et populationsstudie af de sidste kæmper i New Zealand

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2012, In: Dansk Naturhistorisk Forenings Årsskrift. 21-22, p. 51 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal article

  7. 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

  8. Published

    The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Collins, M., Harker, D., Haile, J., Oskam, C. L., Hale, M. L., Campos, P., Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Willerslev, Eske, Zhang, G., Scofield, R. P., Holdaway, R. N. & Bunce, M., 2012, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279, 1748, p. 4724-4733 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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