Jacobus J. Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
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The evolution of fungus-growing termites and their mutualistic fungal symbionts
Aanen, D. K., Eggleton, P., Rouland-Lefèvre, C., Frøslev, Tobias Guldberg, Rosendahl, Søren & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 99, 23, p. 14887-14892Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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High Symbiont Relatedness Stabilizes Mutualistic Cooperation in Fungus-Growing Termites
Aanen, D. K., de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Debets, A. J. M., Kerstes, N. A. G., Hoekstra, R. F. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Science. 326, 5956, p. 1103-6 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Patterns of interaction specificity of fungus-growing termites and Termitomyces symbionts in South Africa
Aanen, D. K., Ros, V. I. D., de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Mitchell, J., de Beer, Z. W., Slippers, B., Rouland-Lefèvre, C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 7, p. 115Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evolutionary Dynamics of the Mutualistic Symbiosis between Fungus-Growing Termites and Termitomyces Fungi
Aanen, D. K. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolution. Vega, F. E. & Blackwell, M. (eds.). New York, USA: Oxford University Press, p. 191-210Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Social-insect fungus farming
Aanen, D. K. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Current Biology. 16, 24, p. R1014-R1016Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Hairs distinguish castes and sexes: identifying the early ontogenetic building blocks of a fungus-farming superorganism (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Adams, R. M. M., Larsen, Rasmus Stenbak, Stylianidi, N., Cheung, D., Qiu, Bitao, Murray, S. K., KU, thw266 & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2021, In: Myrmecological News. 31, p. 201-216 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Chemically armed mercenary ants protect fungus-farming societies
Adams, R. M. M., Liberti, J., Illum, A. A., Jones, T. H., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2013, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 39, p. 15752-15757 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Geographical variation in host-ant sepcificity of the parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon in Denmark
Als, T. D., Nash, D. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Ecological Entomology. 27, p. 403-414Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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The evolution of alternative parasitic life histories in large blue butterflies
Als, T. D., Vila, R., Kandul, N. P., Nash, David Richard, Yen, S., Hsu, Y., Mignault, A. A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pierce, N. E., 2004, In: Nature. 432, 7015, p. 386-390 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Geographical variation in host-ant specificity of the parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon in Denmark
Als, T. D., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1 Aug 2002, In: Ecological Entomology. 27, p. 403-414 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Adoption of parasitic Maculinea alcon caterpillars (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae) by three Myrmica ant species
Als, T. D., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1 Jul 2001, In: Animal Behaviour. 62, p. 99-106 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Dynamic Wolbachia prevalence in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: potential for a nutritional symbiosis
Andersen, Sandra Breum, Boye, M., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2012, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25, 7, p. 1340-1350 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Interaction specificity between leaf-cutting ants and vertically transmitted Pseudonocardia bacteria
Andersen, Sandra Breum, Yek, S. H., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15, 13 p., 27.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Disease dynamics in a specialized parasite of ant societies
Andersen, Sandra Breum, Ferrari, M., Evans, H. C., Elliot, S. L., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Hughes, D. P., 2012, In: PLOS ONE. 7, 5, 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The life of a dead ant - expression of an adaptive extended phenotype
Andersen, Sandra Breum, Gerritsma, S., Yusah, K. M., Mayntz, D., Hywel-Jones, N. L., Billen, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Hughes, D. P., 2010.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research
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The life of a dead ant -the expression of an adaptive extended phenotype
Andersen, Sandra Breum, Gerritsma, S., Yusah, K. M., Mayntz, D., Hywel-Jones, N. L., Billen, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Hughes, D. P., 2009, In: American Naturalist. 174, 3, p. 424-433 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Specificity and stability of the Acromyrmex–Pseudonocardia symbiosis
Andersen, Sandra Breum, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Sapountzis, P., Sørensen, Søren Johannes & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2013, In: Molecular Ecology. 22, 16, p. 4307-4321 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Task partitioning in insect societies bucket brigades
Anderson, C., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Bartholdi, J. J., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, p. 171-180Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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Population structure of a large blue butterfly and its specialist parasitoid in a fragmented landscape
Anton, C., Zeisset, I., Musche, M., Durka, W., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Settele, J., Sep 2007, In: Molecular Ecology. 16, 18, p. 3828-3838 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Diploid male production in a leaf-cutting ant
Armitage, S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2010, In: Ecological Entomology. 35, 2, p. 175-182 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The effects of age and social interactions on innate immunity in a leaf-cutting ant
Armitage, S. A. O. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 56, 7, p. 780-787 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Immune defense in leaf-cutting ants: a cross-fostering approach
Armitage, S. A. O., Broch, J. F., Marín, H. F., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Evolution. 65, 6, p. 1791-9 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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An evaluation of the possible adaptive function of fungal brood covering by attine ants
Armitage, S. A. O., Fernández-Marín, H., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2012, In: Evolution. 66, 6, p. 1966-1975 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Slowing them down will make them lose: a role for attine ant crop fungus in defending pupae against infections?
Armitage, S. A. O., Fernández-Marín, H., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Wcislo, W. T., 2016, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 85, 5, p. 1210-1221 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Social structure and split sex ratios in the ant Pheidole pallidula
Aron, S., Campan, E., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Passera, L., 1999, In: Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 11, p. 209-227Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Effects of inundation and salt on the survival of ants in a sandy coastal plain
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & ISAAKS, J. A., May 1982, In: Ecological Entomology. 7, 2, p. 121-130 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ant species distribution in a sandy coastal plain
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & DE VRIES, A., Aug 1980, In: Ecological Entomology. 5, 3, p. 189-204 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Sperm length evolution in the fungus-growing ants
Baer, B., Dijkstra, M. B., Mueller, U. G., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Behavioral Ecology. 20, 1, p. 38-45Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Male reproductive investment and queen mating-frequency in fungus-growing ants
Baer, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Behavioral Ecology. Vol. 15, no. 3, p. 426-432Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Examination of the immune responses of males and workers of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior and the effect of infection
Baer, B., Krug, A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Hughes, W. O. H., 2005, In: Insectes Sociaux. 52, 3, p. 298-303Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Fungus gardens of the leafcutter ant Atta colombica function as egg nurseries for the snake Leptodeira annulata.
Baer, B., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Kronauer, D., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 3, p. 289-291 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Sperm length, sperm storage and mating system characteristics in bumblebees
Baer, B., Schmid-Hempel, P., Høeg, Jens Thorvald & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Insectes Sociaux. 50, 2, p. 101-108Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Mating biology of the leaf-cutting ants Atta colombica and A. cephalotes
Baer, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Journal of Morphology. 267, 10, p. 1165-71 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Heritability of sperm length in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Baer, B., de Jong, G., Schmid-Hempel, R., Schmid-Hempel, P., Høeg, Jens Thorvald & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Genetica. 127, 1-3, p. 11-23 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Sperm storage induces an immunity cost in ants
Baer, B., Armitage, S. A. O. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Nature. 441, 7095, p. 872-5 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Sperm Storage Costs Determine Survival and Immunocompetence in Newly Mated Queens of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta colombica
Baer-Imhoof, B., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2022, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 10 p., 759183.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A genetic component to size in queens of the ant, Formica truncorum
Bargum, K., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Sundström, L., 2004, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 57, 1, p. 9-16Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evolutionary transition to a semelparous life story in the socially parasitic ant Acromyrmex insinuator
Bekkevold, D. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 13, p. 615-623Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Multiple mating and facultative polygyny in the Panamanian ant Acromyrmex echinatior
Bekkevold, D., Frydenberg, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1999, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 46, p. 103-109Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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On the production ecology of Lasius niger ( Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in successive coastal dune valleys ( Lasius flavus).
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Van Der Lee, G. A. & Van Der Have, T. M., 1982, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 51, 3, p. 975-991 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Structure and diversity of ant communities in successive coastal dune valleys.
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Van Loon, A. J., 1982, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 51, 3, p. 957-974 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Monophagous leaf‐mining larvae of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) on birch: patterns and differentiation in exploitation of the host
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Timmermans, H., Cörvers, C. P. M. & Kabout, J., Sep 1987, In: Ecography. 10, 3, p. 206-218 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Tracking the narrow roads of gene land
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2020, In: Insectes Sociaux. 67, 1, p. 7-10 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Research › peer-review
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Energy investment and respiration in queens and males of Lasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Isaaks, J. A., Nov 1985, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 18, 1, p. 19-27 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Abundance, growth and feeding of natterjack toads ( Bufo calamita) in a 4-year old-artificial habitat.
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Arntzen, J. W., 1985, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 22, 2, p. 395-405 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A new polygynous Lasius species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from central Europe - II. Confirmation allozymatique du statut spécifique et structure sociale - II. Allozymatic confirmation of species status and social structure
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Brouwer, A. H. & Van Loon, A. J., Dec 1990, In: Insectes Sociaux. 37, 4, p. 363-375 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Insular biogeography and distribution ecology of ants on the Frisian islands.
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Mabelis, A. A., Verbeek, M. G. M. & Los, E. C., 1987, In: Journal of Biogeography. 14, 1, p. 21-37 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Sex-investment ratios in ants: has female bias been systematically overestimated?
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1989, In: American Naturalist. 133, 4, p. 517-532 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Intraspecific variation in ant sex ratios and the Trivers-Hare hypothesis
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Grafen, A., 1990, In: Evolution. 44, 4, p. 1026-1034 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Weather conditions during nuptial flights of four European ant species
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Leusink, A., Aug 1981, In: Oecologia. 50, 2, p. 236-241 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Rossiter H. Crozier (1943-2009)
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pamilo, P., 2010, In: Science. 327, 5961, p. 45 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Kin selection versus sexual selection: why the ends do not meet
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: Current Biology. 17, 16, p. R673-83Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Only full-sibling families evolved eusociality
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Beekman, M., Cornwallis, C. K., Griffin, A. S., Holman, L., Hughes, W. O. H., Keller, L., Oldroyd, B. P. & Ratnieks, F. L. W., 2011, In: Nature. 471, 7339, p. E4-5; author reply E9-10 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Lifetime monogamy and the evolution of eusociality
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 364, 1533, p. 3191-207 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evolutionary biology: Farming writ small
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Nature. 469, 7330, p. 308-309 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The evolution of male traits in social insects
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Baer, B. & Heinze, J., 2005, In: Annual Review of Entomology. 50, p. 395-420 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Rethinking crop-disease management in fungus-growing ants
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, D. K., 2009, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 106, 42, p. 17611-2 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Domains and Major Transitions of Social Evolution
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2022, Oxford University Press. 296 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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When every sperm is sacred: the emergence and decline of superorganismal chimeras
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2016, In: Functional Ecology. 30, 4, p. 504-505 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Beyond promiscuity: mate-choice commitments in social breeding
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2013, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 368, 1613, 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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Analysis of sex ratios in social insects
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nachman, Gøsta Støger, 2002, Sex Ratio Handbook. Cambridge University Press, p. 93-111Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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STRICT LIFE-TIME MONOGAMY AS UNIVERSAL CONDITION FOR TRANSITIONS TOWARDS EUSOCIALITY
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research
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Superorganismality and caste differentiation as points of no return: how the major evolutionary transitions were lost in translation
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Gawne, R., 2018, In: Biological Reviews. 93, 1, p. 28-54 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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Nature's Oracle The Life and Work of W. D. Hamilton
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2013, In: Science. 340, 6129, p. 145-146 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Research › peer-review
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Social mutualism and social parasitism: conflict and cooperation at the family and species level
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, Genes, Behaviors and Evolution of Social Insects. Sapporo, Japan: Hokkaido University, p. 131-170Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research
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Fifty years of illumination about the natural levels of adaptation
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2016, In: Current Biology. 26, 24, p. R1250-R1255 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review
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The evolution of social insect mating systems
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Kronauer, D. J. C. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, Feb 2009, Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Sociocomplexity. Gadau, J. & Fewell, J. (eds.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, p. 3-25Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Evolution: sympatric speciation the eusocial way
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nash, David Richard, 2014, In: Current biology : CB. 24, 17, p. R798-R800 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Old soldiers never die ....
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nygaard, S., 2012, In: Genome Biology. 13, 2, 3 p., 144.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Last words on narrow roads
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 21, 12, p. 664-665Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › Communication
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Social insects: from selfish genes to self organisation and beyond
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Franks, N. R., 2006, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 21, 6, p. 303-308Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Multiple paternity, relatedness and genetic diversity in Acromyrmex leafcutter ants
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Fjerdingstad, E. J. & Frydenberg, J., 1999, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 266, p. 249-254Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The evolution of multiqueen breeding in eusocial lineages with permanent physically differentiated castes
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Huszár, D. B. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2014, In: Animal Behaviour. 92, p. 241-252 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Life Histories and Parasite Pressure Across the Major Groups of Social Insects
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Schmid-Hempel, P. & Hughes, W. O. H., 2005, Insect Evolutionary Ecology. Fellowes, M., Holloway, G. & Rolff, J. (eds.). Wallingford Oxon, UK & Cambridge MA, USA: CABI Publishing, p. 139-175Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Evolutionary Ecology: Wasp Mother's Little Helpers
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, D. K., 2005, In: Current Biology. 15, 5, p. R163-R165Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Hamilton's rule generalized. Foundations of Social Evolution, S.A. Frank
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1999, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 14, p. 121Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Informational constraints on optimal sex allocation in ants
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Nielsen, J., Sundström, L., Oldham, N. J., Tentschert, J., Petersen, H. C. & Morgan, E. D., 2003, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. Vol. 100, no. 15, p. 8799-8804Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Nice to kin and nasty to non-kin: revisiting Hamilton's early insights on eusociality
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & d'Ettorre, P., 2013, In: Biology Letters. 9, 6, 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evolutionary interaction networks of insect pathogenic fungi
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Jensen, Annette Bruun, Meyling, Nicolai Vitt & Eilenberg, Jørgen, 2014, In: Annual Review of Entomology. 59, p. 467-485 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The Global Ant Genomics Alliance (GAGA)
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Brady, S. G., Dunn, Rob, Gadau, J., Heinze, J., Keller, L., Moreau, C. S., Sanders, N., Schrader, Lukas, Schultz, T. R., Sundström, L., Ward, P. S., Wcislo, W. T. & KU, thw266, Oct 2017, In: Myrmecological News. 25, p. 61-66 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review
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Jacobus (Koos) Boomsma
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: Current Biology. 25, 13, p. R532-R534 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research
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Lifetime Commitment between Social Insect Families and Their Fungal Cultivars Complicates Comparisons with Human Farming
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2022, The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects. Schultz, T. R., Gawne, R. & Peregrine, P. N. (eds.). MIT Press, 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Waste management in leafcutting ants
Bot, A. N. M., Currie, C. R., Hart, A. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 13, p. 225-237Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Functional morphology of the metapleural gland in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus
Bot, A. N. M., Obermayer, M. L., Hölldobler, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Insectes Sociaux. 48, p. 63-66Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Variable sensitivity of fungi and bacteria to compounds produced by the metapleural glands of leafcutting ants
Bot, A. N. M., Ortius-Lechner, D., Finster, K., Maile, R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, p. 363-370Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Partial incompatibility between ants and symbiotic fungi in two sympatric species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants
Bot, A. N. M., Rehner, S. A. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Evolution. 55, p. 1980-1991Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Snyltegedehamsen Pseudovespula adulterina (Buysson, 1905) ny for Danmark (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
Buhl, P. N., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Holter, P. & Pedersen, B. V., 2000, In: Ent. Meddr.. 68, p. 137Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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Limitations to the Association of Risk of Airway Disease with Removal of Adenoids and Tonsils in Children - Reply
Byars, Sean Geoffrey, Stearns, S. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2018, In: JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 144, 12, p. 1188-1189Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review
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Opposite risk patterns for autism and schizophrenia are associated with normal variation in birth size: phenotypic support for hypothesized diametric gene-dosage effects
Byars, Sean Geoffrey, Stearns, S. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2014, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281, 1794, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Association of Long-term Risk of Respiratory, Allergic, and Infectious Diseases With Removal of Adenoids and Tonsils in Childhood
Byars, Sean Geoffrey, Stearns, S. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Jul 2018, In: J A M A Otolaryngology. Head & Neck Surgery. 144, 7, p. 594-603 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Rare extra-pair fertilizations in the semi-colonially breeding linnet Carduelis cannabina
Bønløkke-Pedersen, J., Drachmann, J., Frydenberg, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Journal of Avian Biology. 33, p. 203-206Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Differential immune gene expression in sperm storage organs of leaf-cutting ants
Cherasse, S., Baer, B., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2018, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 221, 6, 11 p., jeb173435.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Reproduction and hybrid load in all-hybrid populations of Rana esculenta water frogs in Denmark
Christiansen, D. G., Fog, K., Pedersen, B. V. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Evolution. 59, 6, p. 1348-1361Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants
Cremer, S., Ugelvig, Line Vej, Drijfhout, F. P., Schlick-Steiner, B. C., Steiner, F. M., Seifert, B., Hughes, D. P., Schulz, A., Petersen, K. S., Konrad, H., Stauffer, C., Kiran, K., Espadaler, X., d'Ettorre, P., Aktaç, N., Eilenberg, Jørgen, Jones, G. R., Nash, David Richard, Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: PLoS ONE. 3, 12, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Coevolved crypts and exocrine glands support mutualistic bacteria in fungus-growing ants
Currie, C. R., Poulsen, Michael, Mendenhall, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Billen, J., 2006, In: Science. 311, 5757, p. 81-83 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Experimental evidence of a tripartite mutualism: bacteria protect ant fungus gardens from specialized parasites
Curries, C. R., Bot, A. N. M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Oikos. Vol. 101, no. 1, p. 91-102Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Laccase detoxification mediates the nutritional alliance between leaf-cutting ants and fungus-garden symbionts.
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M., Rogowska-Wrzesinska, A., Nygaard, S., Roepstorff, P. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2013, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 2, p. 583-587 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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EVOLUTIONARY TRANSITIONS IN ENZYME ACTIVITY OF ANT FUNGUS GARDENS
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M., Mueller, U. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Evolution. 64, 7, p. 2055-2069Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Seminal fluid mediates ejaculate competition in social insects
Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Baer, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Science. 327, 5972, p. 1506-1509 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Seminal fluid enhances sperm viability in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica
Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2008, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 62, 12, p. 1843-1849 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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