Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. 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

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Genetic Diversity and Disease Resistance in Leaf-Cutting Ant Societies

    Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Evolution. Vol. 58, no. 6, p. 1251-1260

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Fungus gardens of the leafcutter ant Atta colombica function as egg nurseries for the snake Leptodeira annulata.

    Baer, B., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Kronauer, D., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 3, p. 289-291 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 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

  5. Published

    Fungal enzymes in the attine ant symbiosis

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Functional role of phenylacetic acid from metapleural gland secretions in controlling fungal pathogens in evolutionarily derived leaf-cutting ants

    Fernández-Marín, H., Nash, David Richard, Higginbotham, S., Estrada, C., van Zweden, J. S., D'Ettorre, P., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282, 1807, 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    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. 63-66

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    From so simple a beginning: Enzymatic innovation in fungus-growing ants involved a transition from individual symbiont selection to colony-level selection

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Foreword

    Gawne, R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2022, The Individual in the Animal Kingdom. MIT Press, 32 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Forage collection, substrate preparation, and diet composition in fungus-growing ants

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Ecological Entomology. 35, 3, p. 259-269 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    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 journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Farming termites determine the genetic population structure of Termitomyces fungal symbionts

    Nobre, T., Fernandes, C., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Korb, J. & Aanen, D. K., 2011, In: Molecular Ecology. 20, 9, p. 2023-2033 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Extreme queen-mating frequency and colony fission in African army ants

    Kronauer, D. J. C., Schoning, C., Pedersen, Jes Søe, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Gadau, J., 2004, In: Molecular Ecology. 13, 8, p. 2381-8 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    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. R294-5

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    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. 91-102

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. Published

    Examination of the immune responses of males and workers of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior and the effect of infection

    Baer, B., Krug, A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Hughes, W. O. H., 2005, In: Insectes Sociaux. 52, 3, p. 298-303

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Evolutionary transition to a semelparous life story in the socially parasitic ant Acromyrmex insinuator

    Bekkevold, D. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 13, p. 615-623

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Evolutionary transition from single to multiple mating in fungus-growing ants

    Villesen, P., Gertsch, P. J., Frydenberg, J., Mueller, U. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1999, In: Molecular Ecology. 8, p. 1819-1825

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. 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

  22. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Evolutionary biology: Farming writ small

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Nature. 469, 7330, p. 308-309 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Evolutionary Ecology: Wasp Mother's Little Helpers

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, D. K., 2005, In: Current Biology. 15, 5, p. R163-R165

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Evolutionary Dynamics of the Mutualistic Symbiosis between Fungus-Growing Termites and Termitomyces Fungi

    Aanen, D. K. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, Insect-Fungal Associations: Ecology and Evolution. Vega, F. E. & Blackwell, M. (eds.). New York, USA: Oxford University Press, p. 191-210

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

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