Eske Willerslev

Research output

Research output per year 1996 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

• 251 Journal article
• 20 Letter
• 9 Comment/debate
• 5 Review
• 22 More
  • 4 Book chapter
  • 4 Conference abstract for conference
  • 3 Report chapter
  • 3 Conference abstract in journal
  • 2 Article in proceedings
  • 1 Doctoral thesis
  • 1 Conference abstract in proceedings
  • 1 Poster
  • 1 Conference article
  • 1 Contribution to newspaper - Newspaper article
  • 1 Editorial

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2008

  The effect of ancient DNA damage on inferences of demographic histories

  Axelsson, E., Willerslev, E., Gilbert, M. T. P. & Nielsen, R., 2008, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 25, 10, p. 2181-7 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Bison 100%
  • Ancient DNA 93%
  • demographic history 79%
  • Population Density 67%
  • DNA damage 57%
  34 Citations (Scopus)

• The rise and fall of Scalidophora - New insights in the phylogenetic position of Loricifera

  Sørensen, M. V., Hebsgaard, M. B., Heiner, I., Glenner, H., Kristensen, R. M. & Willerslev, E., 2008, Proceedings of the 13th International Meiofauna Conference. 1 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference abstract in proceedings › Research
• 2007

  5'-tailed sequencing primers improve sequencing quality of PCR products.

  Binladen, J., Gilbert, M. T. P., Campos, P. F. & Willerslev, E., 2007, In: BioTechniques. 42, 2, p. 174-176

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  30 Citations (Scopus)

• 800,000 year old mammoth DNA, modern elephant DNA or PCR artefact?

  Binladen, J., Gilbert, M. T. P. & Willerslev, E., 2007, In: Biology Letters. 3, 1, p. 55-6; discussion 60-3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Ancient bacteria show evidence of DNA repair.

  Johnson, S. S., Hebsgaard, M. B., Christensen, T. R., Mastepanov, M., Nielsen, R., Munch, K., Brand, T., Gilbert, T., Zuber, M. T., Bunce, M., Rønn, R., Gilichinsky, D., Froese, D. & Willerslev, E., 2007, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 104, 36, p. 14401-5 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • DNA Repair 100%
  • Microbial Viability 76%
  • Bacteria 73%
  • DNA 60%
  • Respiration 44%
  156 Citations (Scopus)

• Ancient biomolecules from deep ice cores reveal a forested southern Greenland.

  Willerslev, E., Cappellini, E., Boomsma, W. K., Nielsen, R., Hebsgaard, M. B., Brand, T. B., Hofreiter, M., Bunce, M., Poinar, H. N., Dahl-Jensen, D., Johnsen, S. J., Steffensen, J. P., Bennike, O., Schwenninger, J-L., Nathan, R., Armitage, S., de Hoog, C-J., Alfimov, V., Christl, M., Beer, J., & 10 othersMuscheler, R., Barker, J., Sharp, M., Penkman, K. E. H., Haile, J., Taberlet, P., Gilbert, M. T. P., Casoli, A., Campani, E. & Collins, M. J., 2007, In: Science. 317, 5834, p. 111-114 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Greenland 100%
  • Ice 79%
  • Ice Cover 68%
  • Tracheophyta 40%
  • Insecta 23%
  290 Citations (Scopus)

• A preliminary analysis of the DNA and diet of the extinct Beothuk: a systematic approach to ancient human DNA.

  Kuch, M., Gröcke, D. R., Knyf, M. C., Gilbert, M. T. P., Younghusband, B., Young, T., Marshall, I., Willerslev, E., Stoneking, M. & Poinar, H., 2007, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 132, 4, p. 594-604 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Evaluating Neanderthal genetics and phylogeny.

  Hebsgaard, M. B., Wiuf, C., Gilbert, M. T. P., Glenner, H. & Willerslev, E., 2007, In: Journal of Molecular Evolution. 64, 1, p. 50-60 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Hominidae 100%
  • Homo 91%
  • Phylogeny 91%
  • phylogeny 74%
  • mitochondrial DNA 45%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• More on contamination: the use of asymmetric molecular behavior to identify authentic ancient human DNA.

  Malmström, H., Svensson, E. M., Gilbert, M. T. P., Willerslev, E., Götherström, A. & Holmlund, G., 2007, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24, 4, p. 998-1004 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  97 Citations (Scopus)

• Recharacterization of ancient DNA miscoding lesions: insights in the era of sequencing-by-synthesis.

  Gilbert, M. T. P., Binladen, J., Miller, W., Wiuf, C., Willerslev, E., Poinar, H., Carlson, J. E., Leebens-Mack, J. H. & Schuster, S. C., 2007, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 35, 1, p. 1-10 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ancient DNA 100%
  • Cytosine 37%
  • Guanine 37%
  • Adenine 36%
  • Mammoths 29%
  112 Citations (Scopus)

• Rescuing ancient DNA.

  Gilbert, M. T. P. & Willerslev, E., 2007, In: Nature Biotechnology. 25, 8, p. 872-4 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  10 Citations (Scopus)

• The last Viking King: A royal maternity case solved by ancient DNA analysis

  Dissing, J., Binladen, J., Hansen, A. J., Sejrsen, B., Willerslev, E. & Lynnerup, N., 2007, In: Forensic Science International. 166, 1, p. 21-7

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  20 Citations (Scopus)

• The use of coded PCR primers enables high-throughput sequencing of multiple homolog amplification products by 454 parallel sequencing.

  Binladen, J., Gilbert, M. T. P., Bollback, J. P., Panitz, F., Bendixen, C., Nielsen, R. & Willerslev, E., 2007, In: PLoS ONE. 2, 2, p. e197

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • High Throughput 100%
  • Amplification 87%
  • Sequencing 85%
  • DNA 74%
  • amplification 69%
  378 Citations (Scopus)

• Whole-genome shotgun sequencing of mitochondria from ancient hair shafts.

  Gilbert, M. T. P., Tomsho, L. P., Rendulic, S., Packard, M., Drautz, D. I., Sher, A., Tikhonov, A., Dalén, L., Kuznetsova, T., Kosintsev, P., Campos, P. F., Higham, T., Collins, M. J., Wilson, A. S., Shidlovskiy, F., Buigues, B., Ericson, P. G. P., Germonpré, M., Götherström, A., Iacumin, P., & 11 othersNikolaev, V., Nowak-Kemp, M., Willerslev, E., Knight, J. R., Irzyk, G. P., Perbost, C. S., Fredrikson, K. M., Harkins, T. T., Sheridan, S., Miller, W. & Schuster, S. C., 2007, In: Science. 317, 5846, p. 1927-30 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Mammoths 100%
  • Whole Genome Sequencing 61%
  • Firearms 60%
  • Hair 52%
  • Environmental DNA 45%
  178 Citations (Scopus)
• 2006

  Assessing the fidelity of ancient DNA sequences amplified from nuclear genes

  Binladen, J., Wiuf, C. H., Gilbert, M. T. P., Bunce, M., Barnett, R., Larson, G., Greenwood, A. D., Haile, J., Ho, S. Y. W., Hansen, A. J. & Willerslev, E., 2006, In: Genetics. 172, 2, p. 733-41

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  86 Citations (Scopus)

• Authenticity in ancient DNA studies.

  Gilbert, M. T. P. & Willerslev, E., 2006, In: Medicina nei Secoli. 18, 3, p. 701-23 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ancient DNA 100%
  • Publications 51%
  • Guidelines 20%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Crosslinks rather than strand breaks determine access to ancient DNA sequences from frozen sediments

  Hansen, A. J., Mitchell, D. L., Wiuf, C., Panikert, L., Brand, T. B., Binladen, J. K. M. A., Gilichensky, D. A., Rønn, R. & Willerslev, E., 2006, In: Genetics. 173, 2, p. 1175-1179

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  83 Citations (Scopus)

• Insights into the processes behind the contamination of degraded human teeth and bone samples with exogenous sources of DNA

  Gilbert, M. T. P., Hansen, A. J., Willerslev, E., Turner-Walker, G. & Collins, M., 2006, In: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 16, 2, p. 156-164

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  47 Citations (Scopus)

• Nuclear Gene Indicates Coat-Color Polymorphism in Mammoths

  Römpler, H., Rohland, N., Lalueza-Fox, C., Willerslev, E., Kuznetsova, T., Rabeder, G., Bertranpetit, J., Schöneberg, T. & Hofreiter, M., 2006, In: Science. 313, 5783, p. 62

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • genetic polymorphism 100%
  • extinct species 93%
  • alleles 93%
  • color 79%
  • genes 46%
  111 Citations (Scopus)

• Pathogenic microbial ancient DNA: a problem or an opportunity?

  Willerslev, E. & Cooper, A., 2006, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 273, 1587, p. 643

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ancient DNA 100%
  • Bacterial DNA 80%
  • Globus Pallidus 73%
  • pathogen 58%
  • Organism Cloning 57%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The last Viking King: a royal maternity case solved by ancient DNA analysis

  Dissing, J., Binladen, J., Hansen, A., Sejrsen, B., Willerslev, E. & Lynnerup, N., 2006, In: Forensic Science International. 166, 1, p. 21-7 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ancient DNA 100%
  • genetic test 82%
  • Mitochondrial DNA 49%
  • Mothers 29%
  • reasonable doubt 22%
  20 Citations (Scopus)

• The Origin of Insects

  Glenner, H., Thomsen, P. F., Hebsgaard, M. B., Sørensen, M. V. & Willerslev, E., 2006, In: Science. 314, 5807, p. 1883-1884

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  127 Citations (Scopus)
• 2005

  Beringian paleoecology inferred from permafrost-preserved fungal DNA

  Lydolph, M. C., Jacobsen, J., Arctander, P., Gilbert, T., Gilichinsky, D. A., Hansen, A. J., Willerslev, E. & Lange, L., 2005, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71, 2, p. 1012-7 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Permafrost 100%
  • Fungal DNA 89%
  • paleoecology 84%
  • permafrost 81%
  • Fungi 48%
  89 Citations (Scopus)

• Biochemical and physical correlates of DNA contamination in archaeological human bones and teeth excavated at Matera, Italy

  Gilbert, M. T. P., Rudbeck, L., Willerslev, E., Hansen, A. J., Smith, C., Penkman, K. E. H., Prangenberg, K., Nielsen-Marsh, C. M., Jans, M. E., Arthur, P., Lynnerup, N., Turner-Walker, G., Biddle, M., Kjolbye-Biddle, B. & Collins, M. J., 2005, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 32, 5, p. 785-793

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  86 Citations (Scopus)

• Damage and repair of ancient DNA

  Mitchell, D., Willerslev, E. & Hansen, A., 2005, In: Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis. 571, 1-2, p. 265-76 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ancient DNA 100%
  • Ecology 83%
  • DNA Sequence 64%
  • Chain Reaction 61%
  • Amount 26%
  76 Citations (Scopus)

• Erratum: Bayesian Inference of the Metazoan Phylogeny: A Combined Molecular and Morphological Approach

  Glenner, H., Hansen, A. J., Sørensen, M. V., Ronquist, F., Huelsenbeck, J. P. & Willerslev, E., 2005, In: Current Biology. 15, 4, p. 392-393

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Evolution, Systematics, and Phylogeography of Pleistocene Horses in the New World: A Molecular Perspective

  Weinstock, J., Willerslev, E., Sher, A., Tong, W., Ho, S. Y. W., Rubenstein, D., Storer, J., Burns, J., Martin, L., Bravi, C., Prieto, A., Froese, D., Scott, E., Xulong, L. & Cooper, A., 2005, In: PLoS - Biology. 3, 8, p. e241-e248

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Phylogeography 100%
  • phylogeography 66%
  • DNA Sequence 60%
  • Horses 55%
  • horses 48%
  114 Citations (Scopus)

• Geologically ancient DNA: fact or artefact?

  Hebsgaard, M. B., Phillips, M. J. & Willerslev, E., 2005, In: Trends in Microbiology. 13, 5, p. 212-220

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ancient DNA 100%
  • Artifacts 60%
  • Bacteria 14%
  113 Citations (Scopus)

• mtDNA analysis of human remains from an early Danish Christian cemetery

  Rudbeck, L., Gilbert, M. T. P., Willerslev, E., Hansen, A. J., Lynnerup, N., Christensen, T. & Dissing, J., 2005, In: American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 128, 2, p. 424-9 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Cemeteries 100%
  • cemetery 84%
  • Body Remains 80%
  • Mitochondrial DNA 66%
  • Scandinavia 26%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

• Worldwide Phylogeography of Wild Boar Reveals Multiple Centers of Pig Domestication

  Larson, G., Dobney, K., Albarella, U., Fang, M., Matisoo-Smith, E., Robins, J., Lowden, S., Finlayson, H., Brand, T. B., Willerslev, E., Rowley-Conwy, P., Andersson, L. & Cooper, A., 2005, In: Science. 307, 5715, p. 1618-1621

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Phylogeography 100%
  • Domestication 92%
  • Sus scrofa 78%
  • Swine 46%
  • Southeastern Asia 18%
  561 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Ancient DNA

  Willerslev, E. & Cooper, A., 2004, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. Vol. 272, no. 1558, p. 3-16

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  533 Citations (Scopus)

• Ancient DNA: Would the Real Neandertal Please Stand up?

  Cooper, A., Drummond, A. J. & Willerslev, E., 2004, In: Current Biology. 14, 11, p. R431-R433

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Neanderthals 100%
  • Ancient DNA 96%
  • DNA Sequence 62%
  • fossils 62%
  • mitochondrial DNA 50%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Ancient mito-chondria DNA from hair

  Gilbert, M. T. P., Wilson, A. S., Bunce, M., Hansen, A. J., Willerslev, E., Shapiro, B., Higham, T. F. G., Richards, M. P., O'Connell, T. C., Tobin, D. J., Janaway, R. C. & Cooper, A., 2004, In: Current Biology. 14, 12

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  89 Citations (Scopus)

• Bayesian inference of the metazoan phylogeny: a combined molecular and morphological approach

  Glenner, H., Hansen, A. J., Sørensen, M. V., Ronquist, F., Huelsenbeck, J. P. & Willerslev, E., 2004, In: Current Biology. 14, 18, p. 1644-9 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Phylogeny 100%
  • data analysis 77%
  • Bayes Theorem 67%
  • Datasets 66%
  • evolutionary biology 48%
  76 Citations (Scopus)

• Isolation of nucleic acids and cultures from fossil ice and permafrost

  Willerslev, E., Hansen, A. J. & Poinar, H. N., 2004, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 19, 3, p. 2004 Mar;19(3):141-7

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  178 Citations (Scopus)

• Long-term persistence of bacterial DNA

  Willerslev, E., Hansen, A. J., Ronn, R., Brand, T. B., Barnes, I., Wiuf, C., Gilichinsky, D., Mitchell, D. & Cooper, A., 2004, In: Current Biology. 14, 1, p. R9-10

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  149 Citations (Scopus)

• Recovery and analysis of ancient DNA from ice, sediments, and fossil remains

  Willerslev, E., 2004, Københavns Universitet. 364 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Doctoral thesis

• Rise and fall of the Beringian steppe bison

  Shapiro, B., Drummond, A. J., Rambaut, A., Wilson, M. C., Matheus, P. E., Sher, A. V., Pybus, O. G., Gilbert, M. T. P., Barnes, I., Binladen, J., Willerslev, E., Hansen, A. J., Baryshnikov, G. F., Burns, J. A., Davydov, S., Driver, J. C., Froese, D. G., Harington, C. R., Keddie, G., Kosintsev, P., & 7 othersKunz, M. L., Martin, L. D., Stephenson, R. O., Storer, J., Tedford, R., Zimov, S. & Cooper, A., 2004, In: Science. 306, 5701, p. 1561-5

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  498 Citations (Scopus)
• 2003

  Diverse plant and animal genetic records from Holocene and Pleistocene sediments

  Willerslev, E., Hansen, A. J., Binladen, J., Brand, T. B., Gilbert, M. T. P., Shapiro, B., Bunce, M., Wiuf, C., Gilichinsky, D. A. & Cooper, A., 2003, In: Science. 300, 5620, p. 791-5

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  390 Citations (Scopus)

• Extreme reversed sexual size dimorphism in the extinct New Zealand moa Dinornis

  Bunce, M., Worthy, T. H., Ford, T., Hoppitt, W., Willerslev, E., Drummond, A. & Cooper, A., 2003, In: Nature. Vol. 425, no. 6954, p. 172-175

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  142 Citations (Scopus)

• Panspermia--true or false?

  Willerslev, E., Hansen, A. J., Rønn, R. & Nielsen, O. J., 2003, In: Lancet. 362, 9381, p. 406; author reply 407-8

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2002

  Characterization of genetic miscoding lesions caused by postmortem damage

  Gilbert, M. T. P., Hansen, A. J., Willerslev, E., Rudbeck, L., Barnes, I., Cooper, A. & Lynnerup, N., 2002, In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 72, 1, p. 48-61 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Cytosine 100%
  • Adenine 99%
  • Thymine 75%
  • Guanine 66%
  • Uracil-DNA Glycosidase 43%
  180 Citations (Scopus)

• Contamination in the draft of the human genome masquerades as lateral gene transfer

  Willerslev, E., Mourier, T., Hansen, A. J., Christensen, Professor Emeritus, B., Barnes, I. & Salzberg, S. L., 2002, In: DNA sequence: the journal of DNA sequencing and mapping. 13, 2, p. 75-6

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Distribution patterns of postmortem damage in human mitochondrial DNA

  Gilbert, M. T. P., Willerslev, E., Hansen, A. J., Barnes, I., Rudbeck, L., Lynnerup, N. & Cooper, A., 2002, In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 72, 1, p. 32-47 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Mutation Rate 100%
  • Mitochondrial DNA 98%
  • Ancient DNA 75%
  • Electron Transport Complex IV 55%
  • Codon 46%
  168 Citations (Scopus)

• JAWS: Just Add Water System - A device for detection of nucleic acids in Martian ice caps: In: Proceedings of the First European Workshop on Exo-Astrobiology, 16 - 19 September 2002, Graz, Austria. Ed.: Huguette Lacoste. ESA SP-518, Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Publications Division, ISBN , 2002, p. 309 - 312

  Hansen, A. J., Willerslev, E., Mørk, S., Hedegaard, M. M., Rønn, R. & Jeffares, D. C., 2002, Proceedings of the Second European Workshop on Exo-Astrobiology. ESA Publications Division, Vol. SP-518.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review

  • nucleic acid 100%
  • ice cap 97%
  • detection 47%
  • probe 43%
  • fiber optics 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• JAWS: Just add water system - a device for detection of nucleic acids in the Martian ice caps

  Hansen, A. J., Willerslev, E., Mørk, S., Hedegaard, M. M., Rønn, R. & Jeffares, D. C., 2002, Proceedings of the Second European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, Graz, Austria (ESA SP-518). Noordwijk, The Netherlands, p. 309-311

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Communication

• Number of endemic and native plant species in the Galapagos Archipelago in relation to geographical parameters

  Willerslev, E., Hansen, A. J., Nielsen, K. K. & Adsersen, H., 2002, In: Ecography. 25, 1, p. 109-119

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Perspectives for DNA studies on polar ice cores

  Hansen, A. J. & Willerslev, E., 2002, Patagonian Ice Fields: A Unique Natural Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies. Casassa, G., Sepúlveda, F. V. . & Sinclair, R. M. (eds.). New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers, (Series of the Centro de Estudios Científicos de Santiago).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• Perspectives for DNA studies on polar ice cores

  Hansen, A. J. & Willerslev, E., 2002, The Patagonian Icefields: A Unique Natural Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies. Plenum Publishing Corporation, p. 17-29

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research

• The genetic origins of the Andaman Islanders

  Endicott, P., Gilbert, M. T. P., Stringer, C., Lalueza-Fox, C., Willerslev, E., Hansen, A. J. & Cooper, A., 2002, In: American Journal of Human Genetics. 72, 1, p. 178-84 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Museums 100%
  • Anthropology 88%
  • Population 79%
  • Mitochondrial DNA 71%
  • Epigenomics 59%
  94 Citations (Scopus)