Jacobus J. Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
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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. 115-144Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1251-1260Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 101-106Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Fungal enzymes in the attine ant symbiosis
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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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 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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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 conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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Foreword
Gawne, R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2022, The Individual in the Animal Kingdom. MIT Press, 32 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. R294-5Research 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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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 151-157Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 298-303Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 615-623Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1819-1825Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 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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Evolutionary biology: Farming writ small
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Nature. 469, 7330, p. 308-309 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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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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. 191-210Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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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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