Jacobus J. Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
- 2011
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Nine novel microsatellite markers for the army ant Simopelta pergandei (subfamily Ponerinae)
Kronauer, D. J. C., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pierce, N. E., 2011, In: Conservation Genetics Resources. 3, 1, p. 61-63 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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No benefit in diversity? The effect of genetic variation on survival and disease resistance in a polygynous social insect
Schmidt, A. M., Linksvayer, T. A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2011, In: Ecological Entomology. 36, 6, p. 751–759 9 p.Research 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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Queen-worker caste ratio depends on colony size in the pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis)
Schmidt, A. M., Linksvayer, T. A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 2, p. 139–144 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Random sperm use and genetic effects on worker caste fate in Atta colombica leaf-cutting ants
Holman, L., Stürup, M., Trontti, K. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Molecular Ecology. 20, 23, p. 5092-5102 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Rapid shifts in Atta cephalotes fungus-garden enzyme activity after a change in fungal substrate (Attini, Formicidae)
Kooij, P. W., Schiøtt, M., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 2, p. 145-151 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Reconstructing eight decades of genetic variation in an isolated Danish population of the large blue butterfly Maculinea arion
Ugelvig, Line Vej, Nielsen, P. S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nash, David Richard, 2011, In: B M C Evolutionary Biology. 11, p. 201 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Strict monandry in the ponerine army ant genus Simopelta suggests that colony size and complexity drive mating system evolution in social insects
Kronauer, D. J. C., O'Donnell, S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pierce, N. E., 2011, In: Molecular Ecology. 20, 2, p. 420-8 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Survival and growth of parasitic Maculinea alcon caterpillars (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in laboratory nests of three Myrmica ant species
Nash, David Richard, Als, T. D. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 3, p. 391-401 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Temperature dependent virulence of obligate and facultative fungal pathogens of honeybee brood
Vojvodic, S., Jensen, Annette Bruun, James, R. R., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Eilenberg, Jørgen, 2011, In: Veterinary Microbiology. 149, 1-2, p. 200-205 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The dynamics of plant cell-wall polysaccharide decomposition in leaf-cutting ant fungus gardens
Moller, I. E., de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Harholt, J., Willats, W. G. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: P L o S One. 6, 3, 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta
Wurm, Y., Wang, J., Riba-Grognuz, O., Corona, M., Nygaard, S., Hunt, B. G., Ingram, K. K., Falquet, L., Nipitwattanaphon, M., Gotzek, D., Dijkstra, M. B., Oettler, J., Comtesse, F., Shih, C-J., Wu, W-J., Yang, C-C., Thomas, J., Beaudoing, E., Pradervand, S., Flegel, V. & 18 others, , 2011, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108, 14, p. 5679-84 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The genome of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior suggests key adaptations to advanced social life and fungus farming
Nygaard, S., Zhang, G., Schiøtt, M., Li, C., Wurm, Y., Hu, H., Zhou, J., Ji, L., Qiu, F., Rasmussen, M., Pan, H., Hauser, Frank, Krogh, Anders, Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis (Cok), Wang, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Genome Research. 21, 8, p. 1339-1348 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Variation in male body size and reproductive allocation in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica: estimating variance components and possible trade-offs
Stürup, M., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Nash, David Richard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 1, p. 47-55 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2012
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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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Ants farm subterranean aphids mostly in single clone groups: an example of prudent husbandry for carbohydrates and proteins?
Ivens, A. B. F., Kronauer, D. J. C., Pen, I., Weissing, F. J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2012, In: B M C Evolutionary Biology. 12, 106, 11 p.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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Dispersal and gene flow in the rare, parasitic Large Blue butterfly Maculinea arion
Ugelvig, Line Vej, Andersen, A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nash, David Richard, 2012, In: Molecular Ecology. 21, 13, p. 3224-3236 13 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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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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Regulation and specificity of antifungal metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants
Yek, S. H., Nash, David Richard, Jensen, Annette Bruun & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2012, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279, 1745, p. 4215-4222 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Reproduction and dispersal in an ant-associated root aphid community
Ivens, A. B. F., Kronauer, D. J. C., Pen, I., Weissing, F. J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2012, In: Molecular Ecology. 21, 17, p. 4257-4269 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Towards a better understanding of the evolution of specialized parasites of fungus-growing ant crops
Yek, S. H., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Poulsen, Michael, 2012, In: Psyche (Cambridge, 1874). 2012, 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Virulence of mixed fungal infections in honey bee brood
Vojvodic, S., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Eilenberg, Jørgen & Jensen, Annette Bruun, 2012, In: Frontiers in Zoology. 9, 5, 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Wingless virgin queens assume helper roles in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants
Nehring, V., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & D'Ettorre, P., 2012, In: Current Biology. 22, 17, p. R671-R673 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research › peer-review
- 2013
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A technique to artificially inseminate leafcutter ants
Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2013, In: Insectes Sociaux. 60, p. 111-118 8 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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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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Differential gene expression in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants after challenges with two fungal pathogens
Yek, S. H., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Schiøtt, M., 2013, In: Molecular Ecology. 22, 8, p. 2173-2187 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Dynamic disease management in trachymyrmex fungus-growing ants (Attini: Formicidae)
Fernández-Marín, H., Bruner, G., Gomez, E. B., Nash, David Richard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Wcislo, W. T., 2013, In: American Naturalist. 181, 4, p. 571-582 12 p.Research 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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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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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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Parent-offspring conflict and the persistence of pregnancy-induced hypertension in modern humans
Hartsteen, B. H., Byars, Sean Geoffrey, Lykke, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2013, In: P L o S One. 8, 2, 9 p., e56821.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality
Simola, D. F., Wissler, L., Donahue, G., Waterhouse, R. M., Helmkampf, M., Roux, J., Nygaard, S., Glastad, K. M., Hagen, D. E., Viljakainen, L., Reese, J. T., Hunt, B. G., Graur, D., Elhaik, E., Kriventseva, E. V., Wen, J., Parker, B. J., Cash, E., Privman, E., Childers, C. P. & 18 others, , 2013, In: Genome Research. 23, 8, p. 1235-1247 13 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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The fungal symbiont of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants expresses the full spectrum of genes to degrade cellulose and other plant cell wall polysaccharides
Grell, M. N., Linde, T., Nygaard, S., Nielsen, K. L., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Lange, L., 2013, In: B M C Genomics. 14, 11 p., 928.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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When every sperm counts: factors affecting male fertility in the honeybee Apis mellifera
Stürup, M., Baer-Imhoof, B., Nash, David Richard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2013, In: Behavioral Ecology. 24, 5, p. 1192-1198 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2014
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Leucoagaricus gongylophorus uses leaf-cutting ants to vector proteolytic enzymes towards new plant substrate
Kooij, P. W., Rogowska-Wrzesinska, A., Hoffmann, D., Roepstorff, P., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Schiøtt, M., 2014, In: I S M E Journal. 8, p. 1032-1040 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Caste-specific RNA editomes in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior
Li, Q., Wang, Z., Lian, J., Schiøtt, M., Jin, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, Y., Nygaard, S., Peng, Z., Zhou, Y., Deng, Y., Zhang, W., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & KU, thw266, 2014, In: Nature Communications. 5, 11 p., 4943.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Complementary symbiont contributions to plant decomposition in a fungus-farming termite
Thomas-Poulsen, M., Hu, H., Li, C., Chen, Z., Xu, L., Otani, S., Nygaard, S., Nobre, T., Klaubauf, S., Schindler, P. M., Hauser, F., Pan, H., Yang, Z., Sonnenberg, A. S. M., de Beer, Z. W., Zhang, Y., Wingfield, M. J., Grimmelikhuijzen, C., de Vries, R. P., Korb, J. & 4 others, , 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111, 40, 6 p., 14500-14505.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Convergent development of ecological, genetic, and morphological traits in native supercolonies of the red ant Myrmica rubra
Huszár, D. B., Larsen, Rasmus Stenbak, Carlsen, S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2014, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 68, 11, p. 1859-1870 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Differences in forage-acquisition and fungal enzyme activity contribute to niche segregation in Panamanian leaf-cutting ants
Kooij, P. W., Liberti, J., Giampoudakis, K., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2014, In: PLOS ONE. 9, 4, 9 p., e94284.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › 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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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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Identifying the core microbial community in the gut of fungus-growing termites
Otani, S., Mikaelyan, A., Nobre, T., Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Koné, N. A., Sørensen, Søren Johannes, Aanen, D. K., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Brune, A. & Poulsen, Michael, 2014, In: Molecular Ecology. 23, 18, p. 4631–4644 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › 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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Short independent lives and selection for maximal sperm survival make investment in immune defences unprofitable for leaf-cutting ant males
Stürup, M., Baer, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2014, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 68, 6, p. 947-955 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Sperm mixing in the polyandrous leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior
Stürup, M., Nash, David Richard, Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2014, In: Ecology and Evolution. 4, 18, p. 3571-3582 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Genetic variation in virulence among chalkbrood strains infecting honeybees
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