Jacobus J. Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
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Sex ratio variation in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Duchateau, M. J., Velthuis, H. H. W. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Behavioral Ecology. Vol. 15, no. 1, p. 71-82Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Hatching asynchrony in Linnets: the effects of nest predation and food demand of nestlings
Drachmann, J., Als, T. D. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Ornis Fennica. 77, p. 155-167Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Mate guarding in the Linnet Carduelis cannabina
Drachmann, J., Komdeur, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Bird Study. 47, p. 238-241Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Protein-level interactions as mediators of sexual conflict in ants
Dosselli, R., Grassl, J., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Kratz, M., Moran, J. M., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2019, In: Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 18, Suppl. 1, p. S34-S45Research 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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Gnamptogenys hartmani Wheeler (Ponerinae: Ectatommini): an agro-predator of Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants
Dijkstra, M. B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. Vol. 90, no. 12, p. 568-571Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Self-restraint and sterility in workers of Acromyrmex and Atta leafcutter ants
Dijkstra, M. B., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Insectes Sociaux. 52, 1, p. 67-76Research 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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Workers of Acromyrmex echinatior leafcutter ants police worker-laid eggs, but not reproductive workers
Dijkstra, M. B., van Zweden, J. S., Dirchsen, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Animal Behaviour. 80, 3, p. 487-495 9 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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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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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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Honey bee males and queens use glandular secretions to enhance sperm viability before and after storage
Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2009, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 55, 6, p. 538-543Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Prudent sperm use by leaf-cutter ant queens
Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Baer, B., Dreier, S. A. J., Aron, S., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 276, 1675, p. 3945-3953 8 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Leucoagaricus gongylophorus uses leaf-cutting ants to vector proteolytic enzymes towards new plant substrate
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Differences in forage-acquisition and fungal enzyme activity contribute to niche segregation in Panamanian leaf-cutting ants
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Genetic variation in virulence among chalkbrood strains infecting honeybees
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