Morten Erik Allentoft

Morten Erik Allentoft

Associate Professor


  1. E-pub ahead of print

    Plastic and genomic change of a newly established lizard population following a founder event

    Sabolić, I., Mira, Ó., Brandt, D. Y. C., Lisičić, D., Stapley, J., Novosolov, Maria, Bakarić, R., Cizelj, I., Glogoški, M., Hudina, T., Taverne, M., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Nielsen, R., Herrel, A. & Štambuk, A., 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Ecology. 15 p.

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  2. Published

    Approaching sheep herds origins and the emergence of the wool economy in continental Europe during the Bronze Age

    Sabatini, S., Bergerbrant, S., Brandt, Luise Ørsted, Margaryan, Ashot & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2019, In: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 11, 9, p. 4909-4925 17 p.

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  3. Published

    Extensive farming in Estonia started through a sex-biased migration from the steppe

    Saag, L., Varul, L., Scheib, C. L., Stenderup, Jesper Tandberg, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Saag, L., Pagani, L., Reidla, M., Tambets, K., Metspalu, E., Kriiska, A., Willerslev, Eske, Kivisild, T. & Metspalu, M., 24 Jul 2017, In: Current Biology. 27, 14, p. 2185-2193 9 p.

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  4. 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.

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  5. Published

    The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana

    Rasmussen, M., Anzick, S. L., Waters, M. R., Skoglund, P., DeGiorgio, M., Stafford jr., T., Rasmussen, S., Moltke, I., Albrechtsen, A., Doyle, S. M., Poznik, G. D., Gudmundsdottir, V., Yadav, R., Malaspinas, A. S., White, S. S., Allentoft, M. E., Cornejo, O. E., Tambets, K., Eriksson, A., Heintzman, P. D. & 22 others, Karmin, M., Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Meltzer, D. J., Pierre, T. L., Stenderup, Jesper Tandberg, Saag, L., Warmuth, V. M., Lopes, M. C., Malhi, R. S., Brunak, S., Sicheritz-Pontén, T., Barnes, I., Collins, M., Orlando, L. A. A., Balloux, F., Manica, A., Gupta, R., Metspalu, M., Bustamante, C. D., Jakobsson, M., Nielsen, R. & Willerslev, Eske, 2014, In: Nature. 506, 7487, p. 225-229 5 p.

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  6. Published

    The ancestry and affiliations of Kennewick Man

    Rasmussen, M., Sikora, Martin, Albrechtsen, Anders, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Poznik, G. D., Zollikofer, C. P. E., Ponce de León, M. S., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Moltke, Ida, Jónsson, H., Valdiosera Morales, C. E., Malhi, R. S., Orlando, L. A. A., Bustamante, C. D., Stafford jr., T., Meltzer, D. J., Nielsen, Rasmus & Willerslev, Eske, 2015, In: Nature. 523, 7561, p. 455-458 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Viviparous sea snakes can be used as bioindicators for diverse marine environments

    Rasmussen, A. R., Hay-Schmidt, Anders, Boneka, F., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Sanders, K. L. & Elmberg, J., 2020, In: Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology. 14, 2, p. 1-16 16 p.

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  8. Published

    The rise of genomics in snake venom research: recent advances and future perspectives

    Rao, W. Q., Kalogeropoulos, K., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Zhao, W., Workman, C. T., Knudsen, C., Jiménez-Mena, B., Seneci, L., Mousavi-Derazmahalleh, M., Jenkins, T. P., Rivera-de-Torre, E., Liu, S. Q. & Laustsen, A. H., 2022, In: GigaScience. 11, 16 p., giac024.

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  9. Published

    Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

    Raghavan, M., Steinrücken, M., Harris, K., Schiffels, S., Rasmussen, S., DeGiorgio, M., Albrechtsen, A., Valdiosera Morales, C. E., Avila Arcos, M. D. C., Malaspinas, A. S., Eriksson, A., Moltke, I., Metspalu, M., Homburger, J. R., Wall, J., Cornejo, O. E., Moreno Mayar, J. V., Korneliussen, T. S., Pierre, T. L., Rasmussen, M. & 81 others, Campos, P., Damgaard, P. D. B., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Lindo, J., Metspalu, E., Rodríguez-Varela, R., Mansilla, J., Henrickson, C., Seguin-Orlando, A., Malmström, H., Stafford jr., T., Shringarpure, S. S., Moreno-Estrada, A., Karmin, M., Tambets, K., Bergström, A., Xue, Y., Warmuth, V., Friend, A. D., Singarayer, J., Valdes, P., Balloux, F., Leboreiro, I., Vera, J. L., Rangel-Villalobos, H., Pettener, D., Luiselli, D., Davis, L. G., Heyer, E., Zollikofer, C. P. E., Ponce de León, M. S., Smith, C. I., Grimes, V., Pike, K., Deal, M., Fuller, B. T., Arriaza, B., Standen, V., Luz, M. F., Ricaut, F., Guidon, N., Osipova, L., Voevoda, M. I., Posukh, O. L., Balanovsky, O., Lavryashina, M., Bogunov, Y., Khusnutdinova, E., Gubina, M., Balanovska, E., Fedorova, S., Litvinov, S., Malyarchuk, B., Derenko, M., Mosher, M. J., Archer, D., Cybulski, J., Petzelt, B., Mitchell, J., Worl, R., Norman, P. J., Parham, P., Kemp, B. M., Kivisild, T., Tyler-Smith, C., Sandhu, M. S., Crawford, M., Villems, R., Smith, D. G., Waters, M. R., Goebel, T., Johnson, J. R., Malhi, R. S., Jakobsson, M., Meltzer, D. J., Manica, A., Durbin, R., Bustamante, C. D., Song, Y. S., Nielsen, Rasmus & Willerslev, Eske, 2015, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 349, 6250, 6250.

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  10. Published

    Human Disease Variation in the Light of Population Genomics

    Prohaska, Ana, Racimo, Fernando, Schork, A. J., Sikora, Martin, Stern, A. J., Ilardo, M., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Folkersen, L., Buil, A., Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Geschwind, D., Ingason, A., Werge, Thomas, Nielsen, Rasmus & Willerslev, Eske, 2019, In: Cell. 177, 1, p. 115-131 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Genetic diversity loss in a biodiversity hotspot: ancient DNA quantifies genetic decline and former connectivity in a critically endangered marsupial

    Pacioni, C., Hunt, H., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Vaughan, T. G., Wayne, A. F., Baynes, A., Haouchar, D., Dortch, J. & Bunce, M., 2015, In: Molecular Ecology. 24, 23, p. 5813-5828 16 p.

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  12. 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.

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  13. Molecular and morphological analyses of avian eggshell excavated from a late thirteenth century earth oven

    Oskam, C. L., Jacomb, C., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Walter, R., Scofield, R. P., Haile, J., Holdaway, R. N. & Bunce, M., 2011, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 38, 10, p. 2589-2595 7 p.

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  14. Published

    Fossil avian eggshell preserves ancient DNA

    Oskam, C. L., Haile, James Seymour, McLay, E., Rigby, P., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Olsen, M. E., Bengtsson, C., Miller, G. H., Schwenninger, J., Jacomb, C., Walter, R., Baynes, A., Dortch, J., Parker-Pearson, M., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Holdaway, R. N., Willerslev, Eske & Bunce, M., 7 Jul 2010, In: Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences. 277, 1690, p. 1991-2000 10 p.

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  15. 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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  16. Published

    Derived immune and ancestral pigmentation alleles in a 7,000-year-old Mesolithic European

    Olalde, I., Allentoft, M. E., Sánchez-Quinto, F., Santpere, G., Chiang, C. W. K., DiGeorgio, M., Prado-Martínez, J., Rodríguez Pérez, J. A., Rasmussen, S., Quilez, J., Ramírez, O., Marigorta, U. M., Fernández-Callejo, M., Prada, M. E., Encinas, J. M. V., Nielsen, R., Netea, M. G., Novembre, J., Sturm, R. A., Sabeti, P. & 4 others, Marquès-Bonet, T., Navarro, A., Willerslev, Eske & Lalueza-Fox, C., 2014, In: Nature. 507, 7491, p. 225-228 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  17. 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.

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  18. 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.

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  19. 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.

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  20. 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.

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  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.

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  22. 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

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  23. 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.

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  24. 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.

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  25. 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.

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