Morten Erik Allentoft

Morten Erik Allentoft

Associate Professor


  1. 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

  2. Published

    Complete mitochondrial genomes from museum specimens clarify millipede evolution in the Eastern Arc Mountains

    Nielsen, M., Margaryan, Ashot, Nielsen, Tejs Lind, Enghoff, Henrik & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2022, In: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 196, 2, p. 924-939 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 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

  4. Published

    The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe

    Olalde, I., Brace, S., Allentoft, M. E., Armit, I., Kristiansen, K., Booth, T., Rohland, N., Mallick, S., Szécsényi-nagy, A., Mittnik, A., Altena, E., Lipson, M., Lazaridis, I., Harper, T. K., Patterson, N., Broomandkhoshbacht, N., Diekmann, Y., Faltyskova, Z., Fernandes, D., Ferry, M. & 124 others, Harney, E., De Knijff, P., Michel, M., Oppenheimer, J., Stewardson, K., Barclay, A., Alt, K. W., Liesau, C., Ríos, P., Blasco, C., Miguel, J. V., García, R. M., Fernández, A. A., Bánffy, E., Bernabò-brea, M., Billoin, D., Bonsall, C., Bonsall, L., Allen, T., Büster, L., Carver, S., Navarro, L. C., Craig, O. E., Cook, G. T., Cunliffe, B., Denaire, A., Dinwiddy, K. E., Dodwell, N., Ernée, M., Evans, C., Kuchařík, M., Farré, J. F., Fowler, C., Gazenbeek, M., Pena, R. G., Haber-uriarte, M., Haduch, E., Hey, G., Jowett, N., Knowles, T., Massy, K., Pfrengle, S., Lefranc, P., Lemercier, O., Lefebvre, A., Martínez, C. H., Olmo, V. G., Ramírez, A. B., Maurandi, J. L., Majó, T., Mckinley, J. I., Mcsweeney, K., Mende, B. G., Mod, A., Kulcsár, G., Kiss, V., Czene, A., Patay, R., Endrődi, A., Köhler, K., Hajdu, T., Szeniczey, T., Dani, J., Bernert, Z., Hoole, M., Cheronet, O., Keating, D., Velemínský, P., Dobeš, M., Candilio, F., Brown, F., Fernández, R. F., Herrero-corral, A., Tusa, S., Carnieri, E., Lentini, L., Valenti, A., Zanini, A., Waddington, C., Delibes, G., Guerra-doce, E., Neil, B., Brittain, M., Luke, M., Mortimer, R., Desideri, J., Besse, M., Brücken, G., Furmanek, M., Hałuszko, A., Mackiewicz, M., Rapiński, A., Leach, S., Soriano, I., Lillios, K. T., Cardoso, J. L., Pearson, M. P., Włodarczak, P., Price, T. D., Prieto, P., Rey, P., Risch, R., Rojo Guerra, M. A., Schmitt, A., Serralongue, J., Silva, A. M., Smrčka, V., Vergnaud, L., Zilhão, J., Caramelli, D., Higham, T., Thomas, M. G., Kennett, D. J., Fokkens, H., Heyd, V., Sheridan, A., Sjögren, K., Stockhammer, P. W., Krause, J., Pinhasi, R., Haak, W., Barnes, I., Lalueza-fox, C. & Reich, D., 2018, In: Nature. 555, 7695, p. 190-196

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. Published

    Genetic diversity loss in a biodiversity hotspot: ancient DNA quantifies genetic decline and former connectivity in a critically endangered marsupial

    Pacioni, C., Hunt, H., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Vaughan, T. G., Wayne, A. F., Baynes, A., Haouchar, D., Dortch, J. & Bunce, M., 2015, In: Molecular Ecology. 24, 23, p. 5813-5828 16 p.

    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

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