Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. Published

    The scent of symbiosis: gut bacteria may affect social interactions in leaf-cutting ants

    Teseo, S., van Zweden, J. S., Pontieri, L., Kooij, P. W., Sørensen, Søren Johannes, Wenseleers, T., Poulsen, Michael, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Sapountzis, P., 2019, In: Animal Behaviour. 150, p. 239-254

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Reproductive alliances and posthumous fitness enhancement in male ants

    Sundström, L. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 267, p. 1439-1444

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Conflicts and alliances in insect families

    Sundström, L. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Heredity. 86, p. 515-521

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  4. Published

    The evolution of social parasitism in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: a test of Emery's rule

    Sumner, S., Aanen, D. K., Delabie, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 51, no. 1, p. 37-42

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Evidence for differential selection and potential adaptive evolution in the worker caste of an inquiline social parasite

    Sumner, S., Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Vol. 54, no. 3, p. 256-263

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    The adaptive significance of inquiline parasite workers.

    Sumner, S., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 270, 1521, p. 1315-22 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Ant parasite queens revert to mating singly

    Sumner, S., Hughes, W. O. H., Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Nature. 428, 6978, p. 35-36

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Monogamous sperm storage and permanent worker sterility in a long-lived ambrosia beetle

    Smith, S. M., Kent, D. S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Stow, A. J., 2018, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, 6, p. 1009-1018

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    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. 1475-1485

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Policing and punishment across the domains of social evolution

    Singh, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: Oikos. 124, 8, p. 971-982 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    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, Muñoz-Torres, M. C., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Bornberg-Bauer, E., Currie, C. R., Elsik, C. G., Suen, G., Goodisman, M. A. D., Keller, L., Liebig, J., Rawls, A., Reinberg, D., Smith, C. D., Smith, C. R., Tsutsui, N., Wurm, Y., Zdobnov, E. M., Berger, S. L. & Gadau, J., 2013, In: Genome Research. 23, 8, p. 1235-1247 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Nutrition mediates the expression of cultivar-farmer conflict in a fungus-growing ant

    Shik, Jonathan Z., Gomez, E. B., Kooij, P. W., Santos, J. C., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2016, In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 113, 36, p. 10121-10126 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Nutritional niches reveal fundamental domestication trade-offs in fungus-farming ants

    Shik, Jonathan Z., Kooij, P. W., Donoso, D. A., Santos, J. C., Gomez, E. B., Franco, M., Crumière, A. J. J., Arnan, X., Howe, Jack, Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2021, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5, 1, p. 122-134

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Evolutionary patterns of proteinase activity in attine ant fungus gardens

    Semenova, T., Hughes, D. P., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Schiøtt, M., 2011, In: B M C Microbiology. 12, p. 1-11 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    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. 163-179

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Cryptic speciationin the fungus-growing ant Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber and Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz and Solomon, new species (Formicidae, Attini)

    Schultz, T. R., Solomon, S. A., Mueller, U. G., Villesen, P., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Adams, R. M. M. & Norden, B., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, p. 331-343

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Relaxed selection underlies genome erosion in socially parasitic ant species

    Schrader, Lukas, Pan, H., Bollazzi, M., Schiøtt, M., Larabee, F. J., Bi, X., Deng, Y., KU, thw266, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Rabeling, C., 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 13 p., 2918.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Proteomics reveals synergy between biomass degrading enzymes and inorganic Fenton chemistry in leaf-cutting ant colonies

    Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2021, In: eLife. 10, 21 p., e61816.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi

    Schiøtt, M., Rogowska-Wrzesinska, A., Roepstorff, P. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1 Jan 2010, In: B M C Biology. 8, p. 156

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Towards a molecular understanding of symbiont function: identification of a fungal gene for the degradation of xylan in the fungus gardens of leaf-cutting ants.

    Schiøtt, M., de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Lange, L. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: BMC Microbiology. 8, p. 40

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Reconstructing the functions of endosymbiotic Mollicutes in fungus-growing ants

    Sapountzis, P., Zhukova, M., Shik, Jonathan Z., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2018, In: eLife. 7, p. 1-31 e39209.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants have simple gut microbiota with nitrogen-fixing potential

    Sapountzis, P., Zhukova, M., Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Sørensen, Søren Johannes, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81, 16, p. 5527-5537 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    The evolution of abdominal microbiomes in fungus-growing ants

    Sapountzis, P., Nash, David Richard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2019, In: Molecular Ecology. 28, 4, p. 879-899 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Fungal enzymes transferred by leaf-cutting ants in their fungus gardens

    Rønhede, S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Rosendahl, Søren, 2004, In: Mycological Research. 108 (1), p. 101-106

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Clonal yeast biofilms can reap competitive advantages through cell differentiation without being obligatorily multicellular

    Regenberg, Birgitte, Hanghøj, Kristian Ebbesen, Andersen, K. S. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2016, In: Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences. 283, 1842, 8 p., 20161303.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Canalized gene expression during development mediates caste differentiation in ants

    Qiu, Bitao, Dai, X., Li, P., Larsen, Rasmus Stenbak, Li, Ruyan, Price, A. L., Ding, G., Texada, Michael James, Zhang, X., Zuo, D., Gao, Q., Jiang, W., Wen, T., Pontieri, L., Guo, C., Rewitz, Kim, Li, Q., Liu, W., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & KU, thw266, 2022, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 6, 11, p. 1753-1765

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Towards reconstructing the ancestral brain gene-network regulating caste differentiation in ants

    Qiu, Bitao, Larsen, Rasmus Stenbak, Chang, N., Wang, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & KU, thw266, 2018, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, 11, p. 1782-1791

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Within-colony transmission and the cost of a mutualistic bacterium in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus

    Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A. N. M., Currie, C. R., Nielsen, M. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Functional Ecology. 17, 2, p. 260-269 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Ephemeral windows of opportunity for horizontal transmission of fungal symbionts in leaf-cutting ants

    Poulsen, Michael, Fernández-Marín, H., Currie, C. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Evolution. 63, 9, p. 2235-2247 13 p.

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  38. Published

    Mutualistic bacteria and a possible trade-off between alternative defence mechanisms in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A. N. M., Currie, C. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, 1, p. 15-19 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Experimental evidence for the costs and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants

    Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A., Nielsen, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 52, 2, p. 151-157 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    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. 349-355

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    The effect of metapleural gland secretion on the growth of a mutualistic bacterium on the cuticle of leaf-cutting ants

    Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A. N. M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1 Sep 2003, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. 90, 9, p. 406-409 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Mutualistic fungi control crop diversity in fungus-growing ants

    Poulsen, Michael & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Science. 307, 5710, p. 741-744 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Bladskæremyrer - tropernes succesfulde landbrugere

    Poulsen, M., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Naturens Verden. 5, p. 27-35

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  44. Published

    Experimental evidence for the cost and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants

    Poulsen, M., Bot, A. N. M., Nielsen, M. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 52, p. 151-157

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Graveyards on the Move: The Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Dead Ophiocordyceps-Infected Ants

    Pontoppidan, M., Himaman, W., Hywel-Jones, N. L., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Hughes, D. P., 2009, In: PLoS ONE. 4, 3, p. e4835

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Direct genetic evidence for local mate competition in ants

    Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Dec 1998, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. 85, 12, p. 593-595

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  48. Published

    Genetic analysis of colony structure in polydomous and polygynous ant populations

    Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Jan 1999, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 66, 1, p. 115-144

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  49. Published

    Multiple paternity in social Hymenoptera: estimating the effective mate number in single-double mating populations

    Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Apr 1999, In: Molecular Ecology. 8, 4, p. 577-587

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  50. Published

    Positive association of queen number and queen mating frequency in Myrmica ants: a challenge to the genetic variability hypothesis

    Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Mar 1999, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 45, 3-4, p. 185-193

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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