Eske Willerslev

Eske Willerslev

Københavns Universitet

H-index: 141

Europe-Denmark

About Eske Willerslev

Eske Willerslev, With an exceptional h-index of 141 and a recent h-index of 102 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Københavns Universitet, specializes in the field of evolution, genomics, population genetics, ancient DNA, environmental DNA.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Elevated genetic risk for multiple sclerosis emerged in steppe pastoralist populations

Nile Basin vegetation and Mediterranean water column ecology during Sapropel formation

The selection landscape and genetic legacy of ancient Eurasians

Recovering short DNA fragments from minerals and marine sediments: A comparative study evaluating lysis and isolation approaches

Ancient DNA reveals evolutionary origins of autoimmune diseases

Vittrup Man–The life-history of a genetic foreigner in Neolithic Denmark

Steppe Ancestry in western Eurasia and the spread of the Germanic Languages

100 ancient genomes show repeated population turnovers in neolithic Denmark

Eske Willerslev Information

University

Position

Centre for GeoGenetics

Citations(all)

69835

Citations(since 2020)

37158

Cited By

48308

hIndex(all)

141

hIndex(since 2020)

102

i10Index(all)

311

i10Index(since 2020)

281

Email

University Profile Page

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Eske Willerslev Skills & Research Interests

evolution

genomics

population genetics

ancient DNA

environmental DNA

Top articles of Eske Willerslev

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Elevated genetic risk for multiple sclerosis emerged in steppe pastoralist populations

Nature

William Barrie

Yaoling Yang

Evan K Irving-Pease

Kathrine E Attfield

Gabriele Scorrano

...

2024/1/11

Nile Basin vegetation and Mediterranean water column ecology during Sapropel formation

Lars Wörmer

Antonio Fernández-Guerra

Raphaël Morard

Marina Zure

Mikkel Winther Pedersen

...

2024/3/7

The selection landscape and genetic legacy of ancient Eurasians

Nature

Evan K Irving-Pease

Alba Refoyo-Martínez

William Barrie

Andrés Ingason

Alice Pearson

...

2024/1/11

Recovering short DNA fragments from minerals and marine sediments: A comparative study evaluating lysis and isolation approaches

Environmental DNA

Darjan Gande

Christiane Hassenrück

Marina Žure

Tim Richter‐Heitmann

Eske Willerslev

...

2024/3

Ancient DNA reveals evolutionary origins of autoimmune diseases

William Barrie

Evan K Irving-Pease

Eske Willerslev

Astrid KN Iversen

Lars Fugger

2024/1/4

Vittrup Man–The life-history of a genetic foreigner in Neolithic Denmark

Plos one

Anders Fischer

Karl-Göran Sjögren

Theis Zetner Trolle Jensen

Marie Louise Jørkov

Per Lysdahl

...

2024/2/14

Steppe Ancestry in western Eurasia and the spread of the Germanic Languages

bioRxiv

Hugh McColl

Guus Kroonen

J Víctor Moreno-Mayar

Frederik Valeur Seersholm

Gabriele Scorrano

...

2024

100 ancient genomes show repeated population turnovers in neolithic Denmark

Nature

Morten E Allentoft

Martin Sikora

Anders Fischer

Karl-Göran Sjögren

Andrés Ingason

...

2024/1/11

Population genomics of post-glacial western Eurasia

Nature

Morten E Allentoft

Martin Sikora

Alba Refoyo-Martínez

Evan K Irving-Pease

Anders Fischer

...

2024/1/11

Late Pleistocene Faunal Assemblages from Karst Cave Settings on Northern Vancouver Island, Canada

PaleoAmerica

Duncan McLaren

Rebecca Wigen

Daryl Fedje

Angela Dyck

Christopher FG Hebda

...

2023/7/3

Wilson and Sarich (1969): The birth of a molecular evolution research paradigm

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther

Eske Willerslev

2023/3/14

The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited: Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics

Kristian Kristiansen

Guus Kroonen

Eske Willerslev

2023/5/11

The landscape of ancient human pathogens in Eurasia from the Stone Age to historical times

bioRxiv

Martin Sikora

Elisabetta Canteri

Antonio Fernandez-Guerra

Nikolay Oskolkov

Rasmus Agren

...

2023

The transcriptional and regulatory identity of erythropoietin producing cells

Nature medicine

Bjørt K Kragesteen

Amir Giladi

Eyal David

Shahar Halevi

Laufey Geirsdóttir

...

2023/5

Imputation of ancient human genomes

Nature Communications

Bárbara Sousa da Mota

Simone Rubinacci

Diana Ivette Cruz Dávalos

Carlos Eduardo G. Amorim

Martin Sikora

...

2023/6/20

A 2-million-year-old microbial and viral communities from the Kap København Formation in North Greenland

bioRxiv

Antonio Fernandez-Guerra

Guillaume Borrel

Tom O Delmont

Bo Elberling

A Murat Eren

...

2023

6 EMERGENT PROPERTIES OF THE CORDED WARE CULTURE: AN INFORMATION APPROACH

The Indo-European Puzzle Revisited: Integrating Archaeology, Genetics, and Linguistics

QUENTIN BOURGEOIS

ERIK KROON

K Kristiansen

G Kroonen

E Willerslev

2023/4/29

Tracing the evolutionary path of the CCR5delta32 deletion via ancient and modern genomes

medRxiv

Kirstine Ravn

Leonardo Cobuccio

Rasa Audange Muktupavela

Jonas Meisner

Michael Eriksen Benros

...

2023/6/20

Author Correction: Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics

Nature

Yucheng Wang

Mikkel Winther Pedersen

Inger Greve Alsos

Bianca De Sanctis

Fernando Racimo

...

2022/3/31

Supporting data for: Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic Biota revealed by ancient environmental metagenomics

Yucheng Wang

Mikkel Winther Pedersen

Inger Greve Alsos

Bianca De Sanctis

Fernando Racimo

...

2022

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