Jacobus J. Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
- 2005
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Varying degrees of Apis mellifera ligustica introgression in protected populations of the black honeybee, Apis mellifera mellifera, in northwest Europe
Jensen, Annette Bruun, Palmer, K. A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pedersen, B. V., 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 1, p. 93-106 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Specificity of the mutualistic association between actinomycete bacteria and two sympatric species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants
Poulsen, M., Cafaro, M., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Currie, C. R. & Poulsen, Michael, 1 Oct 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 11, p. 3597-3604 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2006
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A reassessment of the mating system characteristics of the army ant Eciton burchellii
Kronauer, D. J. C., Berghoff, S. M., Powell, S., Denny, A. J., Edwards, K. J., Franks, N. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. 93, 8, p. 402-406Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Are workers of Atta leafcutter ants capable of reproduction?
Dijkstra, M. B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Insectes Sociaux. 53, 2, p. 136-140Research 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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Conflict and cooperation between fungi and termites in Macrotermes natalensis
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, D. K., 2006. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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Differential resistance and the importance of antibiotic production in Acromyrmex echinatior leaf-cutting ant castes towards the entomopathogenic fungus Aspergillus nomius
Poulsen, M., Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Insectes Sociaux. 53, 3, p. 349-355Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Does genetic diversity hinder parasite evolution in social insect colonies?
Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19, 1, p. 132-143Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Does the afrotropical army ant Dorylus (Anomma) molestus go extinct in fragmented forests?
Schöning, C., Kinuthia, W. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Journal of East Africa Natural History. 95, 2, p. 163-179Research 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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High recombination frequency creates genotypic diversity in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior
Sirviö, A., Gadau, J., Rueppell, O., Lamatsch, D., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Pamilo, P. & Page Jr., R. E., 2006, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19, 5, p. 1475-1485Research 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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Male parentage in army ants
Kronauer, D. J. C., Schöning, C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Molecular Ecology. 15, 4, p. 1147-51 4 p.Research 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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Muscling out malaria
Hughes, D. P. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 21, 10, p. 533-534Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Presumptive horizontal symbiont transmission in the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, D. K., 2006, In: Molecular Ecology. 15, 11, p. 3131-3138Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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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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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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
- 2007
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A molecular phylogeny of Dorylus army ants provides evidence for multiple evolutionary transitions in foraging niche
Kronauer, D. J. C., Schöning, C., Vilhelmsen, Lars & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 7, p. 56Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Asymmetric interaction specificity between two sympatric termites and their fungal symbionts: -
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, D. K., 2007, In: Ecological Entomology. 32, 1, p. 76-81 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Fungal enzymes in the attine ant symbiosis
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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Has substrate-dependent co-evolution of enzyme function occured in the attine ant-fungus symbiosis
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › 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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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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Sex allocation in the polydomous leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex balzani
Ichinose, K., Forti, L. C., Pretto, D. R., Nachman, Gøsta Støger & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: Ecological Research. 22, p. 288-295 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Specificity in chemical profiles of workers, brood and mutualistic fungi in Atta, Acromyrmex, and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants
Richard, F., Poulsen, Michael, Drijfhout, F., Jones, G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33, 12, p. 2281-2292 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The origin of the chemical profiles of fungal symbionts and their significance for nestmate recognition in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants
Richard, F., Poulsen, Michael, Hefetz, A., Errard, C., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61, 11, p. 1637-1649 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Population genetic signatures of diffuse co-evolution between leaf-cutting ants and their cultivar fungi
Mikheyev, A. S., Mueller, U. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Jan 2007, In: Molecular Ecology. 16, 1, p. 209-216 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Tawny Owls Strix aluco with reliable food supply produce male-biased broods
Desfor, K. B., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Sunde, P., Jan 2007, In: Ibis. 149, 1, p. 98-105 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Do army ant queens re-mate later in life?
Kronauer, D. J. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Feb 2007, In: Insectes Sociaux. 54, 1, p. 20-28 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The evolution of multiple mating in army ants
Kronauer, D. J. C., Johnson, R. A. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Feb 2007, In: Evolution. 61, 2, p. 413-422 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Chemical mimicry in an incipient leaf-cutting ant social parasite
Lambardi, D., Dani, F. R., Turillazzi, S. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Apr 2007, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61, 6, p. 843-851 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Six weeks in the life of a reproducing army ant colony: Male parentage and colony behaviour
Kronauer, D. J. C., Ponce, E. R. R., Lattke, J. E. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., May 2007, In: Insectes Sociaux. 54, 2, p. 118-123 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Characterization of 12 new microsatellite loci in Aenictus and Neivamyrmex army ants
Kronauer, D. J. C., Gadau, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Jul 2007, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 7, 4, p. 688-690 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Genetic polymorphism in leaf-cutting ants is phenotypically plastic
Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 7 Jul 2007, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274, 1618, p. 1625-1630 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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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The economy of worker reproduction in Acromyrmex leafcutter ants
Dijkstra, M. B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Sep 2007, In: Animal Behaviour. 74, 3, p. 519-529 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Multiple queens means fewer mates
Kronauer, D. J. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 4 Sep 2007, In: Current Biology. 17, 17, p. R753-R755Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research › peer-review
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Worker caste determination in the army ant Eciton burchellii
Jaffé, R., Kronauer, D. J. C., Kraus, F. B., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Moritz, R. F. A., 22 Oct 2007, In: Biology Letters. 3, 5, p. 513-516 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2008
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A mosaic of chemical coevolution in a large blue butterfly.
Nash, David Richard, Als, T. D., Maile, R., Jones, G. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: Science. 319, 5859, p. 88-90 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Antimicrobial defense shows an abrupt evolutionary transition in the fungus-growing ants
Hughes, W. O. H., Pagliarini, R., Madsen, Henning Bang, Dijkstra, M. B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: Evolution. 62, 5, p. 1252-7 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Co-evolution of enzyme function in the attine ant-fungus symbiosis
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research › peer-review
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Communication between hosts and social parasites
Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, Sociobiology of communication: an interdisciplinary perspective. d'Ettorre, P. & Hughes, D. P. (eds.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 55-79Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Evolution of Fungal enzymes in the attine ant symbiosis
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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Extended phenotype: nematodes turn ants into bird-dispersed fruits
Hughes, D. P., Kronauer, D. J. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: Current Biology. 18, 7, p. R294-5Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Genetic royal cheats in leaf-cutting ant societies
Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 105, 13, p. 5150-3 3 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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Sex allocation in fungus-growing ants: worker or queen control without symbiont-induced female bias
Dijkstra, M. B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: Oikos. 117, 12, p. 1892-1906Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Social insect symbionts: evolution in homeostatic fortresses
Hughes, D. P., Pierce, N. E. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 23, 12, p. 672-677 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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