Jacobus J. Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
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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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Worker caste polymorphism has a genetic basis in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants
Hughes, W. O. H., Sumner, S., Van Borm, S. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. Vol. 100, no. 16, p. 9393-9397Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › 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
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Wolbachia in leafcutter ants: a widespread symbiont that may induce male killing or incompatible matings
van Borm, S., Wenseleers, T., Billen, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 14, p. 805-814Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 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
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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
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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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Variable microsatellite loci for the leafcutter ant Acromyrmex echinatior and their applicability to related species
Ortius-Lechner, D., Gertsch, P. J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Molecular Ecology. 9, p. 115-116Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Variable interaction specificity and symbiont performance in Panamanian Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2014, In: B M C Evolutionary Biology. 14, 22 p., 244.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Unravelling the transition between single and multiple mating in attine ants
Villesen, P., Murakami, T., Schultz, T. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society, London. B. 269, p. 1541-1548Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Trade-offs in group living: transmission and disease resistance in leaf-cutting ants
Hughes, W. O. H., Eilenberg, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. B. 269, p. 1811-1819Research 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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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. 1782-1791Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 40Research 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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Time from pre-eclampsia diagnosis to delivery affects future health prospects of children
Hollegaard, B., Lykke, Jacob Alexander & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2017, In: Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. 2017, 1, p. 53-66 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 239-254Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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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