Morten Erik Allentoft

Morten Erik Allentoft

Associate Professor


  1. 2012
  2. Quantitative Real-Time PCR in aDNA Research

    Bunce, M., Oskam, C. & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2012, Ancient DNA: Methods and Protocols. Shapiro, B. & Hofreiter, M. (eds.). Springer Science+Business Media, p. 121-132 12 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 840).

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

  3. 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

  4. 2011
  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 2010
  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 2009
  13. 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

  14. 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

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