Morten Erik Allentoft

Morten Erik Allentoft

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    The Selection Landscape and Genetic Legacy of Ancient Eurasians

    Irving-Pease, E., Refoyo Martínez, A., Ingason, A., Pearson, A., Fischer, A., Barrie, W., Sjögren, K-G., Halgren, A. S., Macleod, R., Demeter, F., Henriksen, R. H. A., Vimala, T., McColl, H., Vaughn, A., Stern, A. J., Speidel, L., Scorrano, G., Ramsøe, A., Schork, A. J., Rosengren, A. & 12 others, Zhao, Lei, Kristiansen, K., Sudmant, P. H., Lawson, D. J., Durbin, R., Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Werge, Thomas, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Sikora, Martin, Nielsen, Rasmus, Racimo, Fernando & Willerslev, Eske, 2022, bioRxiv, 26 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  2. Published

    High-precision dating and ancient DNA profiling of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) eggshell documents a complex feature at Wairau Bar and refines the chronology of New Zealand settlement by Polynesians

    Jacomb, C., Holdaway, R. N., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Bunce, M., Oskam, C. L., Walters, R. & Brooks, E., 2014, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 50, p. 24-30 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published
  4. Published

    A 5700 year-old human genome and oral microbiome from chewed birch pitch

    Jensen, T. Z. T., Niemann, J., Iversen, K. H., Fotakis, A. K., Gopalakrishnan, S., Vågene, Å. J., Pedersen, M. W., Sinding, M-H. S., Ellegaard, M. R., Allentoft, M. E., Lanigan, L. T., Taurozzi, A. J., Nielsen, S. H., Dee, M. W., Mortensen, M. N., Christensen, M. C., Sørensen, S. A., Collins, M. J., Gilbert, M. T. P., Sikora, M. & 2 others, Rasmussen, Simon & Schroeder, Hannes, 2019, In: Nature Communications. 10, 10 p., 5520.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 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

  6. Published

    A 2-million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland uncovered by environmental DNA

    Kjær, K. H., Pedersen, M. W., De Sanctis, B., De Cahsan, B., Korneliussen, T. S., Michelsen, C. S., Sand, K. K., Jelavić, S., Ruter, A. H., Schmidt, A. M. A., Kjeldsen, K. K., Tesakov, A. S., Snowball, I., Gosse, J. C., Alsos, I. G., Wang, Y., Dockter, C., Rasmussen, M., Jørgensen, M. E., Skadhauge, B. & 19 others, Prohaska, Ana, Kristensen, J. Å., Bjerager, M., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Coissac, E., Rouillard, Alexandra, Simakova, A., Fernandez Guerra, Antonio, Bowler, C., Macias-Fauria, M., Vinner, Lasse, Welch, J. J., Hidy, A. J., Sikora, Martin, Collins, Matthew James, Durbin, R., Larsen, Nicolaj Krog, Willerslev, Eske & PhyloNorway Consortium, P. C., 2022, In: Nature. 612, 7939, p. 283-291 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Screening archaeological bone for palaeogenetic and palaeoproteomic studies

    Kontopoulos, I., Penkman, K., Mullin, V. E., Winkelbach, L., Unterländer, M., Scheu, A., Kreutzer, S., Hansen, H. B., Margaryan, Ashot, Teasdale, M. D., Gehlen, B., Street, M., Lynnerup, Niels, Liritzis, I., Sampson, A., Papageorgopoulou, C., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Burger, J., Bradley, D. G. & Collins, Matthew James, Jun 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 6, 17 p., e0235146.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Petrous bone diagenesis: a multi-analytical approach

    Kontopoulos, I., Penkman, K., McAllister, G. D., Lynnerup, Niels, Damgaard, P. B., Hansen, H. B., Allentoft, Morten Erik & Collins, Matthew James, 2019, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 518, p. 143-154 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Re-theorising mobility and the formation of culture and language among the Corded Ware Culture in Europe: [incl. Corrigendum]

    Kristiansen, K., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Frei, K. M., Iversen, Rune, Johannsen, N. N., Kroonen, Guus, Pospieszny, L., Price, T. D., Rasmussen, Simon, Sjögren, K., Sikora, Martin & Willerslev, Eske, Apr 2017, In: Antiquity. 91, 356, p. 334-347

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    The origins and spread of domestic horses from the Western Eurasian steppes

    Librado, P., Khan, N., Fages, A., Kusliy, M. A., Suchan, T., Tonasso-Calvière, L., Schiavinato, S., Alioglu, D., Fromentier, A., Perdereau, A., Aury, J-M., Gaunitz, C., Chauvey, L., Seguin-Orlando, A., Der Sarkissian, C., Southon, J., Shapiro, B., Tishkin, A. A., Kovalev, A. A., Alquraishi, S. & 143 others, Alfarhan, A. H., Al-Rasheid, K. A. S., Seregély, T., Klassen, L., Iversen, Rune, Bignon-Lau, O., Bodu, P., Olive, M., Castel, J., Boudadi-Maligne, M., Alvarez, N., Germonpré, M., Moskal-del Hoyo, M., Wilczyński, J., Pospuła, S., Lasota-Kuś, A., Tunia, K., Nowak, M., Rannamäe, E., Saarma, U., Boeskorov, G., Lōugas, L., Kyselý, R., Peške, L., Bălășescu, A., Dumitrașcu, V., Dobrescu, R., Gerber, D., Kiss, V., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Mende, B. G., Gallina, Z., Somogyi, K., Kulcsár, G., Gál, E., Bendrey, R., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Sirbu, G., Dergachev, V., Shephard, H., Tomadini, N., Grouard, S., Kasparov, A., Basilyan, A. E., Anisimov, M. A., Nikolskiy, P. A., Pavlova, E. Y., Pitulko, V., Brem, G., Wallner, B., Schwall, C., Keller, M., Kitagawa, K., Bessudnov, A. N., Bessudnov, A., Taylor, W., Magail, J., Gantulga, J., Bayarsaikhan, J., Erdenebaatar, D., Tabaldiev, K., Mijiddorj, E., Boldgiv, B., Tsagaan, T., Pruvost, M., Olsen, S., Makarewicz, C. A., Valenzuela Lamas, S., Albizuri Canadell, S., Nieto Espinet, A., Iborra, M. P., Lira Garrido, J., Rodríguez González, E., Celestino, S., Olària, C., Arsuaga, J. L., Kotova, N., Pryor, A., Crabtree, P., Zhumatayev, R., Toleubaev, A., Morgunova, N. L., Kuznetsova, T., Lordkipanize, D., Marzullo, M., Prato, O., Bagnasco Gianni, G., Tecchiati, U., Clavel, B., Lepetz, S., Davoudi, H., Mashkour, M., Berezina, N. Y., Stockhammer, P. W., Krause, J., Haak, W., Morales-Muñiz, A., Benecke, N., Hofreiter, M., Ludwig, A., Graphodatsky, A. S., Peters, J., Kiryushin, K. Y., Iderkhangai, T., Bokovenko, N. A., Vasiliev, S. K., Seregin, N. N., Chugunov, K. V., Plasteeva, N. A., Baryshnikov, G. F., Petrova, E., Sablin, M., Ananyevskaya, E., Logvin, A., Shevnina, I., Logvin, V., Kalieva, S., Loman, V., Kukushkin, I., Merz, I., Merz, V., Sakenov, S., Varfolomeyev, V., Usmanova, E., Zaibert, V., Arbuckle, B., Belinskiy, A. B., Kalmykov, A., Reinhold, S., Hansen, S., Yudin, A. I., Vybornov, A. A., Epimakhov, A., Berezina, N. S., Roslyakova, N., Kosintsev, P. A., Kuznetsov, P. F., Anthony, D., Kroonen, Guus, Kristiansen, K., Wincker, P., Outram, A. & Orlando, L., 2021, In: Nature. 598, 7882, p. 634-640

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Two ancient human genomes reveal Polynesian ancestry among the indigenous Botocudos of Brazil

    Malaspinas, A. S., Lao, O., Schroeder, H., Rasmussen, M., Raghavan, M., Moltke, I., Campos, P., Sagredo, F. S., Rasmussen, S., Gonçalves, V. F., Albrechtsen, A., Allentoft, M. E., Johnson, P. L. F., Li, M., Reis, S., Bernardo, D. V., DeGiorgio, M., Duggan, A. T., Bastos, M., Wang, Y. & 20 others, Stenderup, Jesper Tandberg, Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Brunak, S., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Hodges, E., Hannon, G. J., Orlando, L. A. A., Price, T. D., Jensen, J. D., Nielsen, Rasmus, Heinemeier, J., Olsen, J., Rodrigues-Carvalho, C., Lahr, M. M., Neves, W. A., Kayser, M., Higham, T., Stoneking, M., Pena, S. D. J. & Willerslev, Eske, 2014, In: Current biology : CB. 24, 21, p. R1035-R1037 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Population genomics of the Viking world: [incl. correction]

    Margaryan, A., Lawson, D. J., Sikora, M., Racimo, F., Rasmussen, S., Moltke, I., Cassidy, L. M., Jørsboe, E., Ingason, A., Pedersen, M. W., Korneliussen, T., Wilhelmson, H., Buś, M. M., de Barros Damgaard, P., Martiniano, R., Renaud, G., Bhérer, C., Moreno-Mayar, J. V., Fotakis, A. K., Allen, M. & 30 others, Allmäe, R., Molak, M., Cappellini, Enrico, Scorrano, Gabriele, McColl, Hugh, Buzhilova, A., Fox, A., Albrechtsen, Anders, Schütz, B., Skar, B., Arcini, C., Lundstrøm, I., Cheng, J., Stenderup, Jesper Tandberg, Iversen, K. H., Arge, S. V., Ellingvåg, S., Orlando, L., Pentz, P., Jessen, M. D., Pedersen, A., Jørkov, M L S, Lynnerup, Niels, Gilbert, M Thomas P, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Sindbæk, S. M., Kristiansen, K., Nielsen, Rasmus, Werge, Thomas & Willerslev, Eske, 2020, In: Nature. 585, 7825, p. 390-396 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Published

    The prehistoric peopling of Southeast Asia

    McColl, H., Racimo, F., Vinner, L., Demeter, F. P. M., Gakuhari, T., Moreno Mayar, J. V., van Driem, G., Gram Wilken, U., Seguin-Orlando, A., de la Fuente Castro, C. P., Wasef, S., Shoocongdej, R., Souksavatdy, V., Sayavongkhamdy, T., Saidin, M. M., Allentoft, M. E., Sato, T., Malaspinas, A-S., Aghakhanian, F. A., Korneliussen, T. S. & 46 others, Prohaska, Ana, Margaryan, Ashot, Damgaard, P. D. B., Kaewsutthi, S., Lertrit, P., Nguyen, T. M. H., Hung, H., Minh Tran, T., Nghia Truong, H., Nguyen, G. H., Shahidan, S., Wiradnyana, K., Matsumae, H., Shigehara, N., Yoneda, M., Ishida, H., Masuyama, T., Yamada, Y., Tajima, A., Shibata, H., Toyoda, A., Hanihara, T., Nakagome, S., Deviese, T., Bacon, A., Duringer, P., Ponche, J., Shackelford, L., Patole-Edoumba, E., Nguyen, A. T., Bellina-Pryce, B., Galipaud, J., Kinaston, R., Buckley, H., Pottier, C., Rasmussen, Simon, Higham, T., Foley, R. A., Lahr, M. M., Orlando, L., Sikora, Martin, Phipps, M. E., Oota, H., Higham, C., Lambert, D. M. & Willerslev, Eske, 6 Jul 2018, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 361, 6397, p. 88-92 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 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

  18. Published

    Rock pools as a source of environmental DNA for the detection of the threatened Pilbara olive python (Liasis olivaceus barroni)

    Mousavi-Derazmahalleh, M., Ellis, R. J., D’Rozario, B. L., Berry, T. E., Peverley, G., Dawkins, K. L., Campbell, M., White, N. E. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2023, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 11, 8 p., 1187545.

    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 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

  21. 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

  22. Published

    Spider webs capture environmental DNA from terrestrial vertebrates

    Newton, J. P., Nevill, P., Bateman, P. W., Campbell, M. A. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2024, In: iScience. 27, 2, 12 p., 108904.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 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

  24. Published

    A can of worms: Identification issues and morphological conservatism in a large sample of African Green and Bush Snakes (Colubridae: Philothamnus) from Minziro Forest, Tanzania

    Nielsen, Tejs Lind, Nielsen, S. H., Gravlund, P., Moyer, D., Galatius, A. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2021, In: African Journal of Herpetology. 70, 2, p. 123-138 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe

    Olalde, I., Brace, S., Allentoft, M. E., Armit, I., Kristiansen, K., Booth, T., Rohland, N., Mallick, S., Szécsényi-nagy, A., Mittnik, A., Altena, E., Lipson, M., Lazaridis, I., Harper, T. K., Patterson, N., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Diekmann, Y., Faltyskova, Z., Fernandes, D., Ferry, M. & 124 others, Harney, E., De Knijff, P., Michel, M., Oppenheimer, J., Stewardson, K., Barclay, A., Alt, K. W., Liesau, C., Ríos, P., Blasco, C., Miguel, J. V., García, R. M., Fernández, A. A., Bánffy, E., Bernabò-brea, M., Billoin, D., Bonsall, C., Bonsall, L., Allen, T., Büster, L., Carver, S., Navarro, L. C., Craig, O. E., Cook, G. T., Cunliffe, B., Denaire, A., Dinwiddy, K. E., Dodwell, N., Ernée, M., Evans, C., Kuchařík, M., Farré, J. F., Fowler, C., Gazenbeek, M., Pena, R. G., Haber-uriarte, M., Haduch, E., Hey, G., Jowett, N., Knowles, T., Massy, K., Pfrengle, S., Lefranc, P., Lemercier, O., Lefebvre, A., Martínez, C. H., Olmo, V. G., Ramírez, A. B., Maurandi, J. L., Majó, T., Mckinley, J. I., Mcsweeney, K., Mende, B. G., Mod, A., Kulcsár, G., Kiss, V., Czene, A., Patay, R., Endrődi, A., Köhler, K., Hajdu, T., Szeniczey, T., Dani, J., Bernert, Z., Hoole, M., Cheronet, O., Keating, D., Velemínský, P., Dobeš, M., Candilio, F., Brown, F., Fernández, R. F., Herrero-corral, A., Tusa, S., Carnieri, E., Lentini, L., Valenti, A., Zanini, A., Waddington, C., Delibes, G., Guerra-doce, E., Neil, B., Brittain, M., Luke, M., Mortimer, R., Desideri, J., Besse, M., Brücken, G., Furmanek, M., Hałuszko, A., Mackiewicz, M., Rapiński, A., Leach, S., Soriano, I., Lillios, K. T., Cardoso, J. L., Pearson, M. P., Włodarczak, P., Price, T. D., Prieto, P., Rey, P., Risch, R., Rojo Guerra, M. A., Schmitt, A., Serralongue, J., Silva, A. M., Smrčka, V., Vergnaud, L., Zilhão, J., Caramelli, D., Higham, T., Thomas, M. G., Kennett, D. J., Fokkens, H., Heyd, V., Sheridan, A., Sjögren, K., Stockhammer, P. W., Krause, J., Pinhasi, R., Haak, W., Barnes, I., Lalueza-fox, C. & Reich, D., 2018, In: Nature. 555, 7695, p. 190-196

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