Morten Erik Allentoft

Morten Erik Allentoft

Associate Professor


  1. 2021
  2. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Metabarcoding under Brine: Microbial Ecology of Five Hypersaline Lakes at Rottnest Island (WA, Australia)

    Saccò, M., White, N. E., Campbell, M., Allard, S., Humphreys, W. F., Pringle, P., Sepanta, F., Laini, A. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2021, In: Water. 13, 14, 18 p., 1899.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Salt to conserve: a review on the ecology and preservation of hypersaline ecosystems

    Saccò, M., White, N. E., Harrod, C., Salazar, G., Aguilar, P., Cubillos, C. F., Meredith, K., Baxter, B. K., Oren, A., Anufriieva, E., Shadrin, N., Marambio-Alfaro, Y., Bravo-Naranjo, V. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2021, In: Biological Reviews. 96, 6, p. 2828-2850 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Ancient DNA preserved in small bone fragments from the PW Lund collection

    Seersholm, Frederik Valeur, Hansen, Kasper Lykke, Heydenrych, M., Hansen, Anders Johannes, Bunce, M. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2021, In: Ecology and Evolution. 11, 5, p. 2064-2071 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Ancient DNA reveals multiple origins and migration waves of extinct Japanese brown bear lineages

    Segawa, T., Yonezawa, T., Mori, H., Akiyoshi, A., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Kohno, A., Tokanai, F., Willerslev, Eske, Kohno, N. & Nishihara, H., 2021, In: Royal Society Open Science. 8, 8, 15 p., 210518.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Uncovering the genomic and metagenomic research potential in old ethanol-preserved snakes

    Zacho, Claus Møller, Bager, Martina Aabenhus, Margaryan, Ashot, Gravlund, P., Galatius, A., Rasmussen, A. R. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 8, 24 p., e0256353.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. 2020
  9. Published

    Mapping co-ancestry connections between the genome of a Medieval individual and modern Europeans

    Ferrando-Bernal, M., Morcillo-Suarez, C., de-Dios, T., Gelabert, P., Civit, S., Díaz-Carvajal, A., Ollich-Castanyer, I., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Valverde, S. & Lalueza-Fox, C., 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 11 p., 6843.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

  11. Published

    Screening archaeological bone for palaeogenetic and palaeoproteomic studies

    Kontopoulos, I., Penkman, K., Mullin, V. E., Winkelbach, L., Unterländer, M., Scheu, A., Kreutzer, S., Hansen, H. B., Margaryan, Ashot, Teasdale, M. D., Gehlen, B., Street, M., Lynnerup, Niels, Liritzis, I., Sampson, A., Papageorgopoulou, C., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Burger, J., Bradley, D. G. & Collins, Matthew James, Jun 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 6, 17 p., e0235146.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 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

  16. Published

    Kinship and social organization in Copper Age Europe. A cross-disciplinary analysis of archaeology, DNA, isotopes, and anthropology from two Bell Beaker cemeteries

    Sjögren, K., Olalde, I., Carver, S., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Knowles, T., Kroonen, Guus, Pike, A. W. G., Schröter, P., Brown, K. A., Brown, K. R., Harrison, R. J., Bertemes, F., Reich, D., Kristiansen, K. & Heyd, V., 2020, In: PLoS ONE. 15, 11, 28 p., e0241278.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 2019
  18. Published

    Ancient DNA shows high faunal diversity in the Lesser Caucasus during the Late Pleistocene

    Antonosyan, M., Seersholm, Frederik Valeur, Grealy, A. C., Barham, M., Werndly, D., Margaryan, Ashot, Cieślik, A., Stafford, T. W., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Bunce, M. & Yepiskoposyan, L., 2019, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 219, p. 102-111 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Archaeological Wool Textiles: A Window into Ancient Sheep Genetics?

    Brandt, Luise Ørsted & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2019, The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe: Production, Specialisation, Consumption. Sabatini, S. & Bergerbrant, S. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 274-303 Twelve

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Archaeological wool textiles – a window to ancient sheep genetics?

    Brandt, Luise Ørsted & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2019, The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe. Cambridge University Press, p. 274-303

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Early Pleistocene enamel proteome from Dmanisi resolves Stephanorhinus phylogeny

    Cappellini, E., Welker, F., Pandolfi, L., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Samodova, D., Rüther, P. L., Fotakis, A. K., Lyon, D., Moreno-Mayar, J. V., Bukhsianidze, M., Rakownikow Jersie-Christensen, R., Mackie, M., Ginolhac, A., Ferring, R., Tappen, M., Palkopoulou, E., Dickinson, M. R., Stafford, T. W., Chan, Y. L., Götherström, A. & 23 others, Nathan, S. K. S. S., Heintzman, P. D., Kapp, J. D., Kirillova, I., Moodley, Y., Agusti, J., Kahlke, R. D., Kiladze, G., Martínez-Navarro, B., Liu, Shanlin, Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander, Kelstrup, C. D., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Orlando, L., Penkman, K., Shapiro, B., Rook, L., Dalén, L., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Olsen, Jesper Velgaard, Lordkipanidze, D. & Willerslev, Eske, 2019, In: Nature. 574, 7776, p. 103-107

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Tracking Five Millennia of Horse Management with Extensive Ancient Genome Time Series

    Fages, A., Hanghøj, K., Khan, N., Gaunitz, C., Seguin-Orlando, A., Leonardi, M., McCrory Constantz, C., Gamba, C., Al-Rasheid, K. A. S., Albizuri, S., Alfarhan, A. H., Allentoft, M., Alquraishi, S., Anthony, D., Baimukhanov, N., Barrett, J. H., Bayarsaikhan, J., Benecke, N., Bernáldez-Sánchez, E., Berrocal-Rangel, L. & 101 others, Biglari, F., Boessenkool, S., Boldgiv, B., Brem, G., Brown, D., Burger, J., Crubézy, E., Daugnora, L., Davoudi, H., Damgaard, P. D. B., de los Ángeles de Chorro y de Villa-Ceballos, M., Deschler-Erb, S., Detry, C., Dill, N., do Mar Oom, M., Dohr, A., Ellingvåg, S., Erdenebaatar, D., Fathi, H., Felkel, S., Fernández-Rodríguez, C., García-Viñas, E., Germonpré, M., Granado, J. D., Hallsson, J. H., Hemmer, H., Hofreiter, M., Kasparov, A., Khasanov, M., Khazaeli, R., Kosintsev, P., Kristiansen, K., Kubatbek, T., Kuderna, L., Kuznetsov, P., Laleh, H., Leonard, J. A., Lhuillier, J., Liesau von Lettow-Vorbeck, C., Logvin, A., Lõugas, L., Ludwig, A., Luis, C., Arruda, A. M., Marques-Bonet, T., Matoso Silva, R., Merz, V., Mijiddorj, E., Miller, B. K., Monchalov, O., Mohaseb, F. A., Morales, A., Nieto-Espinet, A., Nistelberger, H., Onar, V., Pálsdóttir, A. H., Pitulko, V., Pitskhelauri, K., Pruvost, M., Rajic Sikanjic, P., Rapan Papeša, A., Roslyakova, N., Sardari, A., Sauer, E., Schafberg, R., Scheu, A., Schibler, J., Schlumbaum, A., Serrand, N., Serres-Armero, A., Shapiro, B., Sheikhi Seno, S., Shevnina, I., Shidrang, S., Southon, J., Star, B., Sykes, N., Taheri, K., Taylor, W., Teegen, W. R., Trbojević Vukičević, T., Trixl, S., Tumen, D., Undrakhbold, S., Usmanova, E., Vahdati, A., Valenzuela-Lamas, S., Viegas, C., Wallner, B., Weinstock, J., Zaibert, V., Clavel, B., Lepetz, S., Mashkour, M., Helgason, A., Stefánsson, K., Barrey, E., Willerslev, Eske, Outram, A. K., Librado, P. & Orlando, L., 2019, In: Cell. 177, 6, p. 1419-1435, e1-e31

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. Published

    Petrous bone diagenesis: a multi-analytical approach

    Kontopoulos, I., Penkman, K., McAllister, G. D., Lynnerup, Niels, Damgaard, P. B., Hansen, H. B., Allentoft, Morten Erik & Collins, Matthew James, 2019, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 518, p. 143-154 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. 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

  27. 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.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Pretreatment: Improving endogenous ancient DNA yields using a simple enzymatic predigestion step

    Schroeder, Hannes, de Barros Damgaard, P. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 1 Jan 2019, Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana Press, p. 21-24 4 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 1963).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

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