Mikkel Winther Pedersen

Mikkel Winther Pedersen

Tenure Track Assistant Professor


  1. 2013
  2. Published

    A comparative study of ancient environmental DNA to pollen and macrofossils from lake sediments reveals taxonomic overlap and additional plant taxa

    Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Ginolhac, A., Orlando, L. A. A., Olsen, J., Andersen, K., Holm, J. M., Funder, Svend Visby, Willerslev, Eske & Kjær, Kurt H., 1 Sep 2013, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 75, p. 161-168 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 2015
  4. Published

    Ancient and modern environmental DNA

    Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Overballe-Petersen, S., Ermini, L., Der Sarkissian, C., Haile, James Seymour, Hellström, A. M., Spens, J., Thomsen, P. F., Bohmann, Kristine, Cappellini, Enrico, Schnell, I. B., Wales, N., Carøe, C., Campos, P., Schmidt, A. M. Z., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Hansen, Anders Johannes, Orlando, L. A. A. & Willerslev, Eske, 2015, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 370, 1660, 11 p., 20130383.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  5. 2016
  6. Published

    DNA evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by Greenlandic Paleo-Inuit 4,000 years ago

    Seersholm, Frederik Valeur, Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Søe, M. J., Shokry, H., Mak, Sarah Siu Tze, Ruter, Anthony Henry, Raghavan, M., Fitzhugh, W., Kjær, Kurt H., Willerslev, Eske, Meldgaard, Morten, Kapel, Christian & Hansen, Anders Johannes, 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 9 p., 13389.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Paleo-Environmental Reconstruction Using Ancient DNA

    Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, 2016, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 288 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportPh.D. thesisResearch

  8. Published

    Postglacial viability and colonization in North America’s ice-free corridor

    Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Ruter, Anthony Henry, Schweger, C., Friebe, H., Staff, R. A., Kjeldsen, Kristian Kjellerup, Zepeda Mendoza, M. L., Beaudoin, A. B., Zutter, C., Larsen, Nicolaj Krog, Potter, B. A., Nielsen, Rasmus, Rainville, R. A., Orlando, L. A. A., Meltzer, D. J., Kjær, Kurt H. & Willerslev, Eske, 2016, In: Nature. 537, 7618, p. 45–49 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Sedimentary ancient DNA from Lake Skartjørna, Svalbard: assessing the resilience of arctic flora to Holocene climate change

    Alsos, I. G., Sjögren, P., Edwards, M. E., Landvik, J. Y., Gielly, L., Forwick, M., Coissac, E., Brown, A. G., Jakobsen, L. V., Føreid, M. K. & Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, 2016, In: Holocene. 26, 4, p. 627-642 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Population characteristics of a large whale shark aggregation inferred from seawater environmental DNA

    Sigsgaard, E. E., Nielsen, Ida Broman, Bach, S. S., Lorenzen, Eline, Robinson, D. P., Knudsen, Steen Wilhelm, Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Al Jaidah, M., Orlando, L. A. A., Willerslev, Eske, Møller, Peter Rask & Thomsen, P. F., 21 Nov 2016, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1, 1, 4 p., 0004.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  11. 2017
  12. Published

    Ancient plant DNA in lake sediments

    Parducci, L., Bennett, K. D., Ficetola, G. F., Alsos, I. G., Suyama, Y., Wood, J. R. & Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, May 2017, In: New Phytologist. 214, 3, p. 924-942 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Planktonic foraminifera-derived environmental DNA extracted from abyssal sediments preserves patterns of plankton macroecology

    Morard, R., Lejzerowicz, F., Darling, K. F., Lecroq-Bennet, B., Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Orlando, L. A. A., Pawlowski, J., Mulitza, S., de Vargas, C. & Kucera, M., 6 Jun 2017, In: Biogeosciences. 14, 11, p. 2741-2754 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 2018
  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Archaeal community changes in Lateglacial lake sediments: Evidence from ancient DNA

    Ahmed, E., Parducci, L., Unneberg, P., Ågren, R., Schenk, F., Rattray, J. E., Han, L., Muschitiello, F., Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Smittenberg, R. H., Yamoah, K. A., Slotte, T. & Wohlfarth, B., 2018, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 181, p. 19-29 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. 2019
  19. 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

  20. Shotgun environmental DNA, pollen, and macrofossil analysis of lateglacial lake sediments from southern Sweden

    Parducci, L., Alsos, I. G., Unneberg, P., Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Han, L., Lammers, Y., Salonen, J. S., Väliranta, M. M., Slotte, T. & Wohlfarth, B., 2019, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7, JUN, 189.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. 2020
  22. Published

    Ancient Plant Genomics in Archaeology, Herbaria, and the Environment

    Kistler, L., Bieker, V. C., Martin, M. D., Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Ramos Madrigal, Jazmin & Wales, N., 2020, In: Annual Review of Plant Biology. 71, p. 605-629 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 2021
  26. Published

    Community assembly processes underlying the temporal dynamics of glacial stream and lake bacterial communities

    Gu, Z., Liu, K., Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Wang, F., Chen, Y., Zeng, C. & Liu, Y., 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 761, 11 p., 143178.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. 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

  28. Published

    Lake Sedimentary DNA Research on Past Terrestrial and Aquatic Biodiversity: Overview and Recommendations

    Capo, E., Giguet-Covex, C., Rouillard, A., Nota, K., Heintzman, P. D., Vuillemin, A., Ariztegui, D., Arnaud, F., Belle, S., Bertilsson, S., Bigler, C., Bindler, R., Brown, A. G., Clarke, C. L., Crump, S. E., Debroas, D., Englund, G., Ficetola, G. F., Garner, R. E., Gauthier, J. & 30 others, Gregory-Eaves, I., Heinecke, L., Herzschuh, U., Ibrahim, A., Kisand, V., Kjær, Kurt H., Lammers, Y., Littlefair, J., Messager, E., Monchamp, M., Olajos, F., Orsi, W., Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Rijal, D. P., Rydberg, J., Spanbauer, T., Stoof-Leichsenring, K. R., Taberlet, P., Talas, L., Thomas, C., Walsh, D. A., Wang, Yucheng, Willerslev, Eske, van Woerkom, A., Zimmermann, H. H., Coolen, M. J. L., Epp, L. S., Domaizon, I., Alsos, I. G. & Parducci, L., 2021, In: Quaternary. 4, 1, 58 p., 6.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics: [+ Correction]

    Wang, Y., Pedersen, M. W., Alsos, I. G., De Sanctis, B., Racimo, F., Prohaska, A., Coissac, E., Owens, H. L., Merkel, M. K. F., Fernandez-Guerra, A., Rouillard, A., Lammers, Y., Alberti, A., Denoeud, F., Money, D., Ruter, A. H., McColl, H., Larsen, N. K., Cherezova, A. A., Edwards, M. E. & 30 others, Fedorov, G. B., Haile, James Seymour, Orlando, L., Vinner, Lasse, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Beilman, D. W., Bjørk, Anders Anker, Cao, Jialu, Dockter, C., Esdale, J., Gusarova, G., Kjeldsen, Kristian Kjellerup, Mangerud, J., Rasic, J. T., Skadhauge, B., Svendsen, J. I., Tikhonov, A., Wincker, P., Xing, Y., Zhang, Y., Froese, D. G., Rahbek, Carsten, Nogues, David Bravo, Holden, P. B., Edwards, N. R., Durbin, R., Meltzer, D. J., Kjær, Kurt H., Möller, P. & Willerslev, Eske, 2021, In: Nature. 600, 7887, p. 86–92 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. 2022
  31. Published

    ngsLCA — A toolkit for fast and flexible lowest common ancestor inference and taxonomic profiling of metagenomic data

    Wang, Yucheng, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Holman, Luke Earl, Manica, A. & Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, 2022, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 13, 12, p. 2699-2708 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. 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

  33. Published

    A theoretical analysis of taxonomic binning accuracy

    De Sanctis, B., Money, D., Pedersen, Mikkel Winther & Durbin, R., 2022, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 22, 6, p. 2208-2219 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Ancient Human Genomes and Environmental DNA from the Cement Attaching 2,000-Year-Old Head Lice Nits

    Pedersen, Mikkel Winther, Antunes, C., Westbury, Binia De Cahsan, Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Sikora, Martin, Vinner, Lasse, Mann, D., Klimov, P. B., Black, S., Michieli, C. T., Braig, H. R. & Perotti, M. A., 2022, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39, 2, 16 p., msab351.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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