Morten Erik Allentoft

Morten Erik Allentoft

Associate Professor


  1. 2015
  2. 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

  3. Published

    Tracing the dynamic life story of a Bronze Age Female

    Frei, Karin Margarita, Mannering, U., Kristiansen, K., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Wilson, A. S., Skals, I., Tridico, S., Nosch, Marie Louise Bech, Willerslev, Eske, Clarke, L. & Frei, Robert, 2015, In: Scientific Reports. 10431.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 2014
  5. Published

    An extremely low-density human population exterminated New Zealand moa

    Holdaway, R. N., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Jacomb, C., Oskam, C. L., Beavan, N. & Bunce, M., 2014, In: Nature Communications. 5, 8 p., 5436.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. 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

  7. Published

    Extinct New Zealand megafauna were not in decline before human colonization

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Heller, Rasmus, Oskam, C. L., Lorenzen, Eline, Hale, M. L., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Jacomb, C., Holdaway, R. N. & Bunce, M., 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS). 111, 13, p. 4922-4927 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 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

  9. Published

    Identifying conservation units after large-scale land clearing: a spatio-temporal molecular survey of endangered white-tailed black cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus spp.)

    White, N. E., Bunce, M., Mawson, P. R., Dawson, R., Saunders, D. A. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2014, In: Diversity and Distributions. 20, 10, p. 1208-1220 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 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

  12. 2013
  13. Published

    Recovering samples for ancient DNA research—guidelines for the field archaeologist

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Dec 2013, In: Antiquity. 87, 338

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Pulling out the 1%: whole-genome capture for the targeted enrichment of ancient DNA sequencing libraries

    Carpenter, M. L., Buenrostro, J. D., Valdiosera Morales, C., Schroeder, H., Allentoft, M. E., Sikora, M., Rasmussen, M., Gravel, S., Guillén, S., Nekhrizov, G., Leshtakov, K., Dimitrova, D., Theodossiev, N., Pettener, D., Luiselli, D., Sandoval, K., Moreno-Estrada, A., Li, Y., Wang, J., Gilbert, T. & 3 others, Willerslev, Eske, Greenleaf, W. J. & Bustamante, C. D., 7 Nov 2013, In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 93, 5, p. 852-864 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 2012
  16. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Moa’s Ark or volant ghosts of Gondwana? Insights from nineteen years of ancient DNA research on the extinct moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes) of New Zealand

    Allentoft, Morten Erik & Rawlence, N. J., 20 Jan 2012, In: Annals of Anatomy. 194, 1, p. 36-51 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. A molecular characterization of a newly discovered megafaunal fossil site in North Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Scofield, R. P., Oskam, C. L., Hale, M. L., Holdaway, R. N. & Bunce, M., 2012, In: Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 42, 4, p. 241-256 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Collins, M., Harker, D., Haile, J., Oskam, C. L., Hale, M. L., Campos, P., Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Willerslev, Eske, Zhang, G., Scofield, R. P., Holdaway, R. N. & Bunce, M., 2012, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279, 1748, p. 4724-4733 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. 2011
  21. Identification of an optimal sampling position for stable isotopic analysis of bone collagen of extinct moa (Aves: Emeidae)

    Holdaway, R. N., Hawke, D. J., Bunce, M. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2011, In: Notornis. 58, p. 1-7 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Profiling the dead: generating microsatellite data from fossil bones of extinct megafauna—protocols, problems, and prospects

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Oskam, C. L., Houston, J., Hale, M. L., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Rasmussen, M., Spencer, P., Jacomb, C., Willerslev, Eske, Holdaway, R. N. & Bunce, M., 2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 1, 11 p., e16670.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. 2010
  25. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Global amphibian declines, loss of genetic diversity and fitness: a review

    Allentoft, Morten Erik & O'Brien, J., 2010, In: Diversity. 2, 1, p. 47-71 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  27. Highly skewed sex ratios and biased fossil deposition of moa: ancient DNA provides new insight on New Zealand’s extinct megafauna

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Bunce, M., Scofield, R. P., Hale, M. L. & Holdaway, R. N., 2010, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 29, 5-6, p. 753-762 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. 2009
  29. Published

    Identification of microsatellites from an extinct moa species using high-throughput (454) sequence data

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Schuster, S. C., Holdaway, R. N., Hale, M. L., McLay, E., Oskam, C. L., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Spencer, P., Willerslev, Eske & Bunce, M., 2009, In: BioTechniques. 46, 3, p. 195-200 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Microsatellite analysis of the natterjack toad (Bufo calamita) in Denmark: populations are islands in a fragmented landscape

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Siegismund, Hans Redlef, Briggs, L. & Andersen, L. W., 2009, In: Conservation Genetics. 10, 1, p. 15-28

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    The Farm beneath the Sand: An Archaeological Case Study on Ancient "Dirt" DNA

    Hebsgaard, M. B., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Pedersen, J. A., Heyn, P., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Bunce, M., Munch, K., Schweger, C. & Willerslev, Eske, 2009, In: Antiquity. 83, p. 430-444 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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