Morten Erik Allentoft

Morten Erik Allentoft

Associate Professor


  1. 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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  2. 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.

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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

    Enamel proteome shows that Gigantopithecus was an early diverging pongine

    Welker, Frido, Ramos Madrigal, Jazmin, Kuhlwilm, M., Liao, W., Gutenbrunner, P., de Manuel, M., Samodova-Sommer, Diana, Mackie, Meaghan, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Bacon, A., Collins, Matthew James, Cox, J., Lalueza-Fox, C., Olsen, Jesper Velgaard, Demeter, Fabrice, Wang, W., Marques-Bonet, T. & Cappellini, Enrico, 2019, In: Nature. 576, p. 262-265

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  5. Published

    Elevated genetic risk for multiple sclerosis emerged in steppe pastoralist populations

    Barrie, W., Yang, Y., Irving-Pease, E. K., Attfield, K. E., Scorrano, G., Jensen, L. T., Armen, A. P., Dimopoulos, E. A., Stern, A., Refoyo-Martinez, A., Pearson, A., Ramsøe, A., Gaunitz, C., Demeter, F., Jørkov, M. L. S., Møller, S. B., Springborg, B., Klassen, L., Hyldgård, I. M., Wickmann, N. & 11 others, Vinner, Lasse, Korneliussen, Thorfinn Sand, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Sikora, Martin, Kristiansen, Kristian, Rodriguez, S., Nielsen, Rasmus, Iversen, A. K. N., Lawson, D. J., Fugger, Lars & Willerslev, Eske, 2024, In: Nature. 625, 7994, p. 321-328

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  6. Published

    Eight millennia of matrilineal genetic continuity in the South Caucasus

    Margaryan, Ashot, Derenko, M., Hovhannisyan, H., Malyarchuk, B., Heller, Rasmus, Khachatryan, Z., Avetisyan, P., Badalyan, R., Bobokhyan, A., Melikyan, V., Sargsyan, G., Piliposyan, A., Simonyan, H., Mkrtchyan, R., Denisova, G., Yepiskoposyan, L., Willerslev, Eske & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 10 Jul 2017, In: Current Biology. 27, 13, p. 2023-2028 6 p.

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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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

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  10. 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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