Martin Sikora

Martin Sikora

Associate Professor


  1. 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

  2. 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 paperPreprintResearch

  3. 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

  4. 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

  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

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  6. 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

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  7. 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

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  8. 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

  9. 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

  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

    Imputation of ancient genomes

    da Mota, B. S., Rubinacci, S., Dávalos, D. I. C., Amorim, C. E. G., Sikora, Martin, Johannsen, N. N., Szmyt, M., Włodarczak, P., Szczepanek, A., Przybyła, M. M., Schroeder, Hannes, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Willerslev, Eske, Malaspinas, A. & Delaneau, O., 2022, bioRxiv, 34 p.

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  12. Published

    Imputation of ancient human genomes

    Sousa da Mota, B., Rubinacci, S., Dávalos, D. I. C., Amorim, C. E. G., Sikora, Martin, Johannsen, N. N., Szmyt, M. H., Włodarczak, P., Szczepanek, A., Przybyła, M. M., Schroeder, Hannes, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Willerslev, Eske, Malaspinas, A. & Delaneau, O., 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 17 p., 3660.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Mapping human mobility during the third and second millennia BC in present-day Denmark

    Frei, K. M., Bergerbrant, S., Sjögren, K., Jørkov, M L S, Lynnerup, Niels, Harvig, L., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Sikora, Martin, Price, T. D., Frei, Robert & Kristiansen, K., 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 8, e0219850.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Origins and genetic legacies of the Caribbean Taino

    Schroeder, H., Sikora, M., Gopalakrishnan, S., Cassidy, L. M., Delserc, P. M., Velasco, M. S., Schraiber, J. G., Rasmussen, S., Homburger, J. R., Avila-Arcos, M. C., Allentoft, M. E., Moreno Mayar, J. V., Renaud, G., Gomez-Carballa, A., Laffoon, J. E., Hopkins, R. J. A., Higham, T. F. G., Carr, R. S., Schaffer, W. C., Day, J. S. & 7 others, Hoogland, M., Salas, A., Bustamante, C. D., Nielsen, R., Bradley, D. G., Hofman, C. L. & Willerslev, Eske, 2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 10, p. 2341-2346 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Physiological and Genetic Adaptations to Diving in Sea Nomads

    Ilardo, M. A., Moltke, Ida, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Cheng, J., Stern, A. J., Racimo, Fernando, Damgaard, P. D. B., Sikora, Martin, Seguin-Orlando, A., Rasmussen, Simon, van den Munckhof, I. C. L., ter Horst, R., Joosten, L. A. B., Netea, M. G., Salingkat, S., Nielsen, Rasmus & Willerslev, Eske, 2018, In: Cell. 173, 3, p. 569-580 12 p., e15.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Population Genomics of Stone Age Eurasia

    Allentoft, M. E., Sikora, M., Refoyo-Martínez, A., Irving-Pease, E. K., Fischer, A., Barrie, W., Ingason, A., Stenderup, J., Sjögren, K-G., Pearson, A., Mota, B., Paulsson, B. S., Halgren, A., Macleod, R., Schjellerup Jørkov, M. L., Demeter, F., Novosolov, M., Sørensen, L., Nielsen, P-O., Henriksen, R. H. A. & 143 others, Vimala, Tharsika, McColl, Hugh, Margaryan, Ashot, Ilardo, M., Vaughn, A., Mortensen, M. F., Nielsen, A. B., Hede, M. U., Rasmussen, P., Vinner, Lasse, Renaud, Gabriel, Stern, A., Jensen, Theis Zetner Trolle, Johannsen, N. N., Scorrano, Gabriele, Schroeder, Hannes, Lysdahl, P., Ramsøe, Abigail Daisy, Skorobogatov, A., Schork, A. J., Rosengren, A., Ruter, Anthony Henry, Outram, A., Timoshenko, A. A., Buzhilova, A., Coppa, A., Zubova, A., Silva, A. M., Hansen, Anders Johannes, Gromov, A., Logvin, A., Gotfredsen, Anne Birgitte, Nielsen, B. H., González-Rabanal, B., Lalueza-Fox, C., McKenzie, C. J., Gaunitz, Charleen, Blasco, C., Liesau, C., Martinez-Labarga, C., Pozdnyakov, D. V., Cuenca-Solana, D., Lordkipanidze, D. O., En’shin, D., Salazar-García, D. C., Price, T. D., Borić, D., Kostyleva, E., Veselovskaya, E. V., Usmanova, E. R., Cappellini, Enrico, Petersen, Erik Brinch, Kannegaard, E., Radina, F., Yediay, Fulya Eylem, Duday, H., Gutiérrez-Zugasti, I., Potekhina, I., Shevnina, I., Altinkaya, Isin, Guilaine, J., Hansen, J., Tortosa, J. E. A., Zilhão, J., Vega, J., Pedersen, K. B., Tunia, K., Zhao, Lei, Mylnikova, L. N., Larsson, L., Metz, L., Yeppiskoposyan, L., Pedersen, L., Sarti, L., Orlando, L., Slimak, L., Klassen, L., Blank, M., González-Morales, M., Silvestrini, M., Vretemark, M., Nesterova, M. S., Rykun, M., Rolfo, M. F., Szmyt, M., Przybyła, M., Calattini, M., Sablin, M., Dobisíková, M., Meldgaard, Morten, Johansen, M., Berezina, N., Card, N., Saveliev, N. A., Poshekhonova, O., Rickards, O., Lozovskaya, O. V., Uldum, O. C., Aurino, P., Kosintsev, P., Courtaud, P., Ríos, P., Mortensen, P., Lotz, P., Persson, P. Å., Bangsgaard, Pernille, Damgaard, P. D. B., Petersen, P. V., Martinez, P. P., Włodarczak, P., Smolyaninov, R. V., Maring, R., Menduiña, R., Badalyan, R., Iversen, Rune, Turin, R., Vasilyiev, S., Wåhlin, S., Borutskaya, S., Skochina, S., Sørensen, S. A., Andersen, S. H., Jørgensen, T., Serikov, Y. B., Molodin, V. I., Smrcka, V., Merz, V., Appadurai, V., Moiseyev, V., Magnusson, Y., Kjær, Kurt H., Lynnerup, Niels, Lawson, D. J., Sudmant, P. H., Rasmussen, Simon, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Durbin, R., Nielsen, R., Delaneau, O., Werge, Thomas, Racimo, Fernando, Kristiansen, K. & Willerslev, Eske, 2022, p. 1-71, (bioRxiv).

    Research output: Working paperPreprintResearch

  17. Published

    Population genomics of bronze age Eurasia

    Allentoft, M. E., Sikora, M., Sjogren, K-G., Rasmussen, S., Rasmussen, M., Stenderup, J., Damgaard, P. D. B., Schroeder, H., Ahlstrom, T., Vinner, L., Malaspinas, A. S., Margaryan, A., Higham, T., Chivall, D., Lynnerup, N., Harvig, L. L., Baron, J., Della Casa, P., Dabrowski, P., Duffy, P. R. & 46 others, Ebel, A. V., Epimakhov, A., Frei, K., Furmanek, M., Gralak, T., Gromov, A., Gronkiewicz, S., Grupe, G., Hajdu, T., Jarysz, R., Khartanovich, V., Khokhlov, A., Kiss, V., Kolar, J., Kriiska, A., Lasak, I., Longhi, C., McGlynn, G., Merkevicius, A., Merkyte, Inga, Metspalu, M., Mkrtchyan, R., Moiseyev, V., Paja, L., Palfi, G., Pokutta, D., Pospieszny, L., Price, T. D., Saag, L., Sablin, M., Shishlina, N., Smrcka, V., Soenov, V. I., Szeverenyi, V., Toth, G., Trifanova, S. V., Varul, L., Vicze, M., Yepiskoposyan, L., Zhitenev, V., Orlando, L. A. A., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Brunak, Søren, Nielsen, Rasmus, Kristiansen, K. & Willerslev, Eske, 2015, In: Nature Genetics. 522, 7555, p. 167-172 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Population genomics of post-glacial western Eurasia

    Allentoft, M. E., Sikora, M., Refoyo-Martínez, A., Irving-Pease, E. K., Fischer, A., Barrie, W., Ingason, A., Stenderup, J., Sjögren, K-G., Pearson, A., da Mota, B. S., Paulsson, B. S., Halgren, A., Macleod, R., Jørkov, M. L. S., Demeter, F., Sørensen, L., Nielsen, P. O., Henriksen, R. A., Vimala, T. & 144 others, McColl, Hugh, Margaryan, Ashot, Ilardo, M., Vaughn, Andrew Howland, Mortensen, M. F., Nielsen, A. B., Hede, M. U., Johannsen, N. N., Rasmussen, P., Vinner, Lasse, Renaud, Gabriel, Stern, A., Jensen, Theis Zetner Trolle, Scorrano, Gabriele, Schroeder, Hannes, Lysdahl, P., Ramsøe, Abigail Daisy, Skorobogatov, A., Schork, A. J., Rosengren, A., Ruter, Anthony Henry, Outram, A., Timoshenko, A. A., Buzhilova, A., Coppa, A., Zubova, A., Silva, A. M., Hansen, Anders Johannes, Gromov, A., Logvin, A., Gotfredsen, Anne Birgitte, Nielsen, B. H., González-Rabanal, B., Lalueza-Fox, C., McKenzie, C. J., Gaunitz, Charleen, Blasco, C., Liesau, C., Martinez-Labarga, C., Pozdnyakov, D. V., Cuenca-Solana, D., Lordkipanidze, D. O., En’shin, D., Salazar-García, D. C., Price, T. D., Borić, D., Kostyleva, E., Veselovskaya, E. V., Usmanova, E. R., Cappellini, Enrico, Petersen, Erik Brinch, Kannegaard, E., Radina, F., Yediay, Fulya Eylem, Duday, H., Gutiérrez-Zugasti, I., Merts, I., Potekhina, I., Shevnina, I., Altinkaya, Isin, Guilaine, J., Hansen, J., Tortosa, J. E. A., Zilhão, J., Vega, J., Pedersen, K. B., Tunia, K., Zhao, Lei, Mylnikova, L. N., Larsson, L., Metz, L., Yepiskoposyan, L., Pedersen, L., Sarti, L., Orlando, L., Slimak, L., Klassen, L., Blank, M., González-Morales, M., Silvestrini, M., Vretemark, M., Nesterova, M. S., Rykun, M., Rolfo, M. F., Szmyt, M., Przybyła, M., Calattini, M., Sablin, M., Dobisíková, M., Meldgaard, Morten, Johansen, M., Berezina, N., Card, N., Saveliev, N. A., Poshekhonova, O., Rickards, O., Lozovskaya, O. V., Gábor, O., Uldum, O. C., Aurino, P., Kosintsev, P., Courtaud, P., Ríos, P., Mortensen, P., Lotz, P., Persson, P., Bangsgaard, Pernille, de Barros Damgaard, P., Vang Petersen, P., Martinez, P. P., Włodarczak, P., Smolyaninov, R. V., Maring, R., Menduiña, R., Badalyan, R., Iversen, Rune, Turin, R., Vasilyev, S., Wåhlin, S., Borutskaya, S., Skochina, S., Sørensen, S. A., Andersen, S. H., Jørgensen, T., Serikov, Y. B., Molodin, V. I., Smrcka, V., Merts, V., Appadurai, V., Moiseyev, V., Magnusson, Y., Kjær, Kurt H., Lynnerup, Niels, Lawson, D. J., Sudmant, P. H., Rasmussen, Simon, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Durbin, R., Nielsen, Rasmus, Delaneau, O., Werge, Thomas, Racimo, Fernando, Kristiansen, Kristian & Willerslev, Eske, 2024, In: Nature. 625, 7994, p. 301-311

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. 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.

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  20. 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

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  21. Published

    Selection in Europeans on fatty acid desaturases associated with dietary changes

    Buckley, M. T., Racimo, Fernando, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Jensen, M. K., Jonsson, Anna Elisabet, Huang, H., Hormozdiari, F., Sikora, Martin, Marnetto, D., Eskin, E., Jørgensen, M. E., Grarup, Niels, Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Hansen, Torben, Kraft, P., Willerslev, Eske & Nielsen, Rasmus, Jun 2017, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 34, 6, p. 1307-1318 12 p.

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  23. Published

    Terminal Pleistocene Alaskan genome reveals first founding population of Native Americans

    Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Potter, B. A., Vinner, Lasse, Steinrucken, M., Rasmussen, Simon, Terhorst, J., Kamm, J. A., Albrechtsen, Anders, Malaspinas, A., Sikora, Martin, Reuther, J. D., Irish, J. D., Malhi, R. S., Orlando, L. A. A., Song, Y. S., Nielsen, Rasmus, Meltzer, D. J. & Willerslev, Eske, 2018, In: Nature Genetics. 553, 7687, p. 203-207 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  24. 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

  25. 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.

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