Morten Erik Allentoft

Morten Erik Allentoft

Associate Professor


  1. 2014
  2. 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

  3. 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.

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  4. 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.

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  5. 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.

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  6. 2015
  7. Published

    Ancient DNA microsatellite analyses of the extinct New Zealand giant moa (Dinornis robustus) identify relatives within a single fossil site

    Allentoft, Morten Erik, Heller, Rasmus, Holdaway, R. N. & Bunce, M., 2015, In: Heredity. 115, p. 481-487 7 p.

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  8. Published

    Ancient genomics

    Der Sarkissian, C., Allentoft, M. E., Avila Arcos, M. D. C., Barnett, R., Campos, P. F., Cappellini, E., Ermini, L., Fernandez Garcia, R., Rodrigues da Fonseca, R. A., Ginolhac, A., Hansen, A. J., Jónsson, H., Korneliussen, T. S., Margaryan, A., Martin, M. D., Moreno Mayar, J. V., Raghavan, M., Rasmussen, M., Sandoval Velasco, M., Schroeder, H. & 6 others, Schubert, Mikkel, Seguin-Orlando, A., Wales, N., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Willerslev, Eske & Orlando, L. A. A., 2015, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 370, 1660, 12 p., 20130387.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  9. 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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  10. 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.

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  11. Published

    Genome-wide ancestry of 17th-century enslaved Africans from the Caribbean

    Schroeder, Hannes, Avila Arcos, M. D. C., Malaspinas, A. S., Poznik, G. D., Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela, Carpenter, M. L., Moreno Mayar, J. Víctor, Sikora, Martin, Johnson, P. L. F., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Haviser, J. B., Dee, M. W., Stafford, T. W., Salas, A., Orlando, L. A. A., Willerslev, Eske, Bustamente, C. D. & Gilbert, M Thomas P, 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS). 112, 12, p. 3669–3673 5 p.

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  12. Published

    Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

    Raghavan, M., Steinrücken, M., Harris, K., Schiffels, S., Rasmussen, S., DeGiorgio, M., Albrechtsen, A., Valdiosera Morales, C. E., Avila Arcos, M. D. C., Malaspinas, A. S., Eriksson, A., Moltke, I., Metspalu, M., Homburger, J. R., Wall, J., Cornejo, O. E., Moreno Mayar, J. V., Korneliussen, T. S., Pierre, T. L., Rasmussen, M. & 81 others, Campos, P., Damgaard, P. D. B., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Lindo, J., Metspalu, E., Rodríguez-Varela, R., Mansilla, J., Henrickson, C., Seguin-Orlando, A., Malmström, H., Stafford jr., T., Shringarpure, S. S., Moreno-Estrada, A., Karmin, M., Tambets, K., Bergström, A., Xue, Y., Warmuth, V., Friend, A. D., Singarayer, J., Valdes, P., Balloux, F., Leboreiro, I., Vera, J. L., Rangel-Villalobos, H., Pettener, D., Luiselli, D., Davis, L. G., Heyer, E., Zollikofer, C. P. E., Ponce de León, M. S., Smith, C. I., Grimes, V., Pike, K., Deal, M., Fuller, B. T., Arriaza, B., Standen, V., Luz, M. F., Ricaut, F., Guidon, N., Osipova, L., Voevoda, M. I., Posukh, O. L., Balanovsky, O., Lavryashina, M., Bogunov, Y., Khusnutdinova, E., Gubina, M., Balanovska, E., Fedorova, S., Litvinov, S., Malyarchuk, B., Derenko, M., Mosher, M. J., Archer, D., Cybulski, J., Petzelt, B., Mitchell, J., Worl, R., Norman, P. J., Parham, P., Kemp, B. M., Kivisild, T., Tyler-Smith, C., Sandhu, M. S., Crawford, M., Villems, R., Smith, D. G., Waters, M. R., Goebel, T., Johnson, J. R., Malhi, R. S., Jakobsson, M., Meltzer, D. J., Manica, A., Durbin, R., Bustamante, C. D., Song, Y. S., Nielsen, Rasmus & Willerslev, Eske, 2015, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 349, 6250, 6250.

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  13. Published

    Improving access to endogenous DNA in ancient bones and teeth

    Damgaard, P. D. B., Margaryan, Ashot, Schroeder, Hannes, Orlando, L. A. A., Willerslev, Eske & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 2015, In: Scientific Reports. 5, 12 p., 11184.

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  14. Published

    Population genomics of bronze age Eurasia

    Allentoft, M. E., Sikora, M., Sjogren, K-G., Rasmussen, S., Rasmussen, M., Stenderup, J., Damgaard, P. D. B., Schroeder, H., Ahlstrom, T., Vinner, L., Malaspinas, A. S., Margaryan, A., Higham, T., Chivall, D., Lynnerup, N., Harvig, L. L., Baron, J., Della Casa, P., Dabrowski, P., Duffy, P. R. & 46 others, Ebel, A. V., Epimakhov, A., Frei, K., Furmanek, M., Gralak, T., Gromov, A., Gronkiewicz, S., Grupe, G., Hajdu, T., Jarysz, R., Khartanovich, V., Khokhlov, A., Kiss, V., Kolar, J., Kriiska, A., Lasak, I., Longhi, C., McGlynn, G., Merkevicius, A., Merkyte, Inga, Metspalu, M., Mkrtchyan, R., Moiseyev, V., Paja, L., Palfi, G., Pokutta, D., Pospieszny, L., Price, T. D., Saag, L., Sablin, M., Shishlina, N., Smrcka, V., Soenov, V. I., Szeverenyi, V., Toth, G., Trifanova, S. V., Varul, L., Vicze, M., Yepiskoposyan, L., Zhitenev, V., Orlando, L. A. A., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Brunak, Søren, Nielsen, Rasmus, Kristiansen, K. & Willerslev, Eske, 2015, In: Nature Genetics. 522, 7555, p. 167-172 6 p.

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  15. 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

  16. 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.

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  17. 2016
  18. Published

    An assessment of ancient DNA preservation in Holocene–Pleistocene fossil bone excavated from the world heritage Naracoorte Caves, South Australia

    Grealy, A., Macken, A., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Rawlence, N. J., Reed, E. & Bunce, M., 2016, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 31, 1, p. 33-45 13 p.

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  19. 2017
  20. Published
  21. Published

    Comparing ancient DNA preservation in petrous bone and tooth cementum

    Hansen, H. B., Damgaard, P. D. B., Margaryan, Ashot, Stenderup, Jesper Tandberg, Lynnerup, Niels, Willerslev, Eske & Allentoft, Morten Erik, 27 Jan 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 1, 18 p., e0170940.

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  22. Published

    Re-theorising mobility and the formation of culture and language among the Corded Ware Culture in Europe: [incl. Corrigendum]

    Kristiansen, K., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Frei, K. M., Iversen, Rune, Johannsen, N. N., Kroonen, Guus, Pospieszny, L., Price, T. D., Rasmussen, Simon, Sjögren, K., Sikora, Martin & Willerslev, Eske, Apr 2017, In: Antiquity. 91, 356, p. 334-347

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  23. Published

    Selection in Europeans on fatty acid desaturases associated with dietary changes

    Buckley, M. T., Racimo, Fernando, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Jensen, M. K., Jonsson, Anna Elisabet, Huang, H., Hormozdiari, F., Sikora, Martin, Marnetto, D., Eskin, E., Jørgensen, M. E., Grarup, Niels, Pedersen, Oluf Borbye, Hansen, Torben, Kraft, P., Willerslev, Eske & Nielsen, Rasmus, Jun 2017, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 34, 6, p. 1307-1318 12 p.

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  24. Published

    A matter of months: high precision migration chronology of a Bronze Age female

    Frei, K. M., Villa, Chiara, Jørkov, M L S, Allentoft, Morten Erik, Kaul, F., Ethelberg, P., Reiter, S. S., Wilson, A. S., Taube, M., Olsen, J., Lynnerup, Niels, Willerslev, Eske, Kristiansen, K. & Frei, Robert, 5 Jun 2017, In: PLoS ONE. 12, 6, 20 p., e0178834.

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  25. 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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  26. 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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  27. Published

    High Y-chromosomal differentiation among ethnic groups of Dir and Swat districts, Pakistan

    Ullah, I., Olofsson, Jill Katharina, Margaryan, Ashot, Ilardo, M., Ahmad, H., Sikora, Martin, Hansen, Anders Johannes, Shahid Nadeem, M., Fazal, N., Ali, M., Buchard, Anders, Hemphill, B. E., Willerslev, Eske & Allentoft, Morten Erik, Nov 2017, In: Annals of Human Genetics. 81, 6, p. 234–248

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  28. Published

    Ancient genomes show social and reproductive behavior of early Upper Paleolithic foragers

    Sikora, M., Seguin-Orlando, A., Sousa, V. C., Albrechtsen, A., Korneliussen, T. S., Ko, A., Rasmussen, S., Dupanloup, I., Nigst, P. R., Bosch, M. D., Renaud, G., Allentoft, M. E., Margaryan, A., Vasilyev, S. V., Veselovskaya, E. V., Borutskaya, S. B., Deviese, T., Comeskey, D., Higham, T., Manica, A. & 7 others, Foley, R., Meltzer, D. J., Nielsen, Rasmus, Excoffler, L., Lahr, M. M., Orlando, L. A. A. & Willerslev, Eske, 3 Nov 2017, In: Science. 358, 6363, p. 659-662 4 p.

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  29. 2018
  30. Published

    137 ancient human genomes from across the Eurasian steppes

    Damgaard, P. D. B., Marchi, N., Rasmussen, S., Peyrot, M., Renaud, G., Korneliussen, T. S., Moreno-Mayar, J. V., Pedersen, M. W., Goldberg, A., Usmanova, E., Baimukhanov, N., Loman, V., Hedeager, L., Pedersen, A. G., Nielsen, K., Afanasievl, G., Akmatov, K., Aldashev, A., Alpaslan, A., Baimbetov, G. & 55 others, Bazaliiskii, V. I., Beisenov, A., Boldbaatar, B., Boldgiv, B., Dorzhu, C., Ellingvag, S., Erdenebaatar, D., Dajani, R., Dmitriev, E., Evdokimov, V., Frei, K. M., Gromov, A., Goryachev, A., Hakonarson, H., Hegay, T., Khachatryan, Z., Khaskhanov, R., Kitov', E., Kolbina, A., Kubatbek, T., Kukushkin, A., Kukushkin, I., Lau, N., Margaryan, Ashot, Merkyte, Inga, Mertz, I. V., Mertz, V. K., Mijiddorj, E., Moiyesev, V., Mukhtarova, G., Nurmukhanbetov, B., Orozbekova, Z., Panyushkina, I., Pieta, K., Smrčka, V., Shevnina, I., Logvin, A., Sjögren, K., Štolcová, T., Tashbaeva, K., Tkachev, A., Tulegenov, T., Voyakin, D., Yepiskoposyan, L., Undrakhbold, S., Varfolomeev, V., Weber, A., Kradin, N., Allentoft, Morten Erik, Orlando, L. A. A., Nielsen, Rasmus, Sikora, Martin, Heyer, E., Kristiansen, K. & Willerslev, Eske, 2018, In: Nature. 557, 7705, p. 369-374 6 p.

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