Martin Sikora

Martin Sikora

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    High Y-chromosomal differentiation among ethnic groups of Dir and Swat districts, Pakistan

    Ullah, I., Olofsson, Jill Katharina, Margaryan, Ashot, Ilardo, M., Ahmad, H., Sikora, Martin, Hansen, Anders Johannes, Shahid Nadeem, M., Fazal, N., Ali, M., Buchard, Anders, Hemphill, B. E., Willerslev, Eske & Allentoft, Morten Erik, Nov 2017, In: Annals of Human Genetics. 81, 6, p. 234–248

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Genomic structure in Europeans dating back at least 36,200 years

    Seguin-Orlando, A., Korneliussen, T. S., Sikora, M., Malaspinas, A. S., Manica, A., Moltke, I., Albrechtsen, A., Ko, A., Margaryan, A., Moiseyev, V., Goebel, T., Westaway, M., Lambert, D., Khartanovich, V., Wall, J. D., Nigst, P. R., Foley, R. A., Lahr, M. M., Nielsen, R., Orlando, L. A. A. & 1 others, Willerslev, Eske, 2014, In: Science. 346, 6213, p. 1113-1118 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Genomic ancestry, diet and microbiomes of Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers from San Teodoro cave (Sicily, Italy)

    Scorrano, Gabriele, Nielsen, Sofie Holtsmark, Vetro, D. L., Sawafuji, R., Mackie, Meaghan, Margaryan, Ashot, Fotaki, Anna Katerina, Martínez-Labarga, C., Fabbri, P. F., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Carra, M., Martini, F., Rickards, O., Olsen, Jesper Velgaard, Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Cappellini, Enrico & Sikora, Martin, 2022, In: Communications Biology. 5

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 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

  5. Published

    Genomic Evidence for Local Adaptation of Hunter-Gatherers to the African Rainforest

    Lopez, M., Choin, J., Sikora, Martin, Siddle, K., Harmant, C., Costa, H. A., Silvert, M., Mouguiama-Daouda, P., Hombert, J., Froment, A., Le Bomin, S., Perry, G. H., Barreiro, L. B., Bustamante, C. D., Verdu, P., Patin, E. & Quintana-Murci, L., 9 Sep 2019, In: Current Biology. 29, 17, p. 2926-2935.e4

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Genome-wide ancestry of 17th-century enslaved Africans from the Caribbean

    Schroeder, Hannes, Avila Arcos, M. D. C., Malaspinas, A. S., Poznik, G. D., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Carpenter, M. L., Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Sikora, Martin, Johnson, P. L. F., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Haviser, J. B., Dee, M. W., Stafford, T. W., Salas, A., Orlando, L. A. A., Willerslev, Eske, Bustamente, C. D. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS). 112, 12, p. 3669–3673 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Genome-wide ancestry and demographic history of African-descendant Maroon communities from French Guiana and Suriname

    Fortes-Lima, C., Gessain, A., Ruiz-Linares, A., Bortolini, M., Migot-Nabias, F., Bellis, G., Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Restrepo, B. N., Rojas, W., Avendaño-Tamayo, E., Bedoya, G., Orlando, L. A. A., Salas, A., Helgason, A., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Sikora, Martin, Schroeder, Hannes & Dugoujon, J., 2 Nov 2017, In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 101, 5, p. 725-736 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Genetic risk for Multiple Sclerosis originated in Pastoralist Steppe populations

    Barrie, W., Yang, Y., Attfield, K. E., Irving-Pease, E., Scorrano, G., Jensen, L. T., Armen, A. P., Dimopoulos, E. A., Stern, A., Refoyo-Martínez, A., Ramsøe, A., Gaunitz, C., Demeter, F., Jørkov, M. L. S., Møller, S. B., Springborg, B., Klassen, L., Hyldgård, I. M., Wickmann, N., Vinner, L. & 9 others, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Sikora, Martin, Kristiansen, K., Rodriguez, S., Nielsen, Rasmus, Iversen, A. K. N., Lawson, D. J., Fugger, L. & Willerslev, Eske, 2022, bioRxiv, 55 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprint

  9. Published

    Evidence of human occupation in Mexico around the Last Glacial Maximum

    Ardelean, C. F., Becerra-Valdivia, L., Pedersen, M. W., Schwenninger, J. L., Oviatt, C. G., Macías-Quintero, J. I., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Sikora, M., Ocampo-Díaz, Y. Z. E., Rubio-Cisneros, I. I., Watling, J. G., de Medeiros, V. B., De Oliveira, P. E., Barba-Pingarón, L., Ortiz-Butrón, A., Blancas-Vázquez, J., Rivera-González, I., Solís-Rosales, C., Rodríguez-Ceja, M., Gandy, D. A. & 8 others, Navarro-Gutierrez, Z., De La Rosa-Díaz, J. J., Huerta-Arellano, V., Marroquín-Fernández, M. B., Martínez-Riojas, L. M., López-Jiménez, A., Higham, T. & Willerslev, Eske, 6 Aug 2020, In: Nature. 584, 7819, p. 87-92 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Environmental genomics of Late Pleistocene black bears and giant short-faced bears

    Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, De Sanctis, B., Saremi, N. F., Sikora, Martin, Puckett, E. E., Gu, Z., Moon, K. L., Kapp, J. D., Vinner, Lasse, Vardanyan, Z., Ardelean, C. F., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Cahill, J. A., Heintzman, P. D., Zazula, G., MacPhee, R. D. E., Shapiro, B., Durbin, R. & Willerslev, Eske, 2021, In: Current Biology. 31, 12, p. 2728-2736.e8 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Published

    Diversity of KIR, HLA Class I, and Their Interactions in Seven Populations of Sub-Saharan Africans

    Nemat-Gorgani, N., Guethlein, L. A., Henn, B. M., Norberg, S. J., Chiaroni, J., Sikora, Martin, Quintana-Murci, L., Mountain, J. L., Norman, P. J. & Parham, P., 1 May 2019, In: Journal of Immunology. 202, 9, p. 2636-2647

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Published

    Chiquihuite Cave and America's Hidden Limestone Industries: A Reply to Chatters et al.

    Ardelean, C. F., Pedersen, M. W., Schwenninger, J-L., Arroyo-Cabrales, J., Gandy, D. A., Sikora, M., Macías-Quintero, J. I., Huerta-Arellano, V., De La Rosa-Díaz, J. J., Ocampo-Díaz, Y. Z. E., Rubio-Cisneros, I. I., Barba-Pingarón, L., Ortíz-Butrón, A., Blancas-Vázquez, J., Solís-Rosales, C., Rodríguez-Ceja, M., Rivera-González, I., Navarro-Gutiérrez, Z., López-Jiménez, A., Marroquín-Fernández, M. B. & 2 others, Martínez-Riojas, L. M. & Willerslev, Eske, 2022, In: PaleoAmerica. 8, 1, p. 17-28

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Beyond broad strokes: sociocultural insights from the study of ancient genomes

    Racimo, Fernando, Sikora, Martin, Vander Linden, M., Schroeder, Hannes & Lalueza-Fox, C., 2020, In: Nature Reviews Genetics. 21, p. 355-366 1398.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  19. 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

  20. Published

    Ancient nuclear genomes enable repatriation of Indigenous human remains

    Wright, J. L., Wasef, S., Heupink, T. H., Westaway, M. C., Rasmussen, S., Pardoe, C., Fourmile, G. G., Young, M., Johnson, T., Slade, J., Kennedy, R., Winch, P., Pappin, M., Wales, T., Bates, W. ., Hamilton, S., Whyman, N., Van Holst Pellekaan, S., Mcallister, P. J., Taçon, P. S. C. & 8 others, Curnoe, D., Li, R., Millar, C., Subramanian, S., Willerslev, Eske, Malaspinas, A., Sikora, Martin & Lambert, D. M., 1 Dec 2018, In: Science Advances. 4, 12, 13 p., eaau5064.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

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