Jacobus J. Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
- 2022
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A single-cell transcriptomic atlas tracking the neural basis of division of labour in an ant superorganism
Li, Q., Wang, M., Zhang, P., Liu, Y., Guo, Q., Zhu, Y., Wen, T., Dai, X., Zhang, X., Nagel, M., Dethlefsen, B. H., Xie, N., Zhao, J., Jiang, W., Han, L., Wu, L., Zhong, W., Wang, Z., Wei, X., Dai, W. & 9 others, , 2022, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6, 8, p. 1191-1204Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1753-1765Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Domains and Major Transitions of Social Evolution
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2022, Oxford University Press. 296 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › 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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Incomplete lineage sorting and phenotypic evolution in marsupials
Feng, S., Bai, M., Rivas-González, I., Li, C., Liu, S., Tong, Y., Yang, H., Chen, G., Xie, D., Sears, K. E., Franco, L. M., Gaitan-Espitia, J. D., Nespolo, R. F., Johnson, W. E., Yang, H., Brandies, P. A., Hogg, C. J., Belov, K., Renfree, M. B., Helgen, K. M. & 3 others, , 2022, In: Cell. 185, 10, p. 1646-1660.e18Research 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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Phylogenomic analysis and metabolic role reconstruction of mutualistic Rhizobiales hindgut symbionts of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants
Zhukova, M., Sapountzis, P., Schiott, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2022, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 98, 9, 13 p., fiac084.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Sperm Storage Costs Determine Survival and Immunocompetence in Newly Mated Queens of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta colombica
Baer-Imhoof, B., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2022, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 10 p., 759183.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2021
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Competition-based screening helps to secure the evolutionary stability of a defensive microbiome
Worsley, S. F., Innocent, T. M., Holmes, N. A., Al-Bassam, M. M., Schiøtt, M., Wilkinson, B., Murrell, J. C., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Yu, D. W. & Hutchings, M. I., 2021, In: BMC Biology. 19, 20 p., 205.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Hairs distinguish castes and sexes: identifying the early ontogenetic building blocks of a fungus-farming superorganism (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Adams, R. M. M., Larsen, Rasmus Stenbak, Stylianidi, N., Cheung, D., Qiu, Bitao, Murray, S. K., KU, thw266 & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2021, In: Myrmecological News. 31, p. 201-216 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 122-134Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Queens of the inquiline social parasite Acromyrmex insinuator can join nest-founding queens of its host, the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior
Howe, Jack, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2021, In: Insectes Sociaux. 68, 2-3, p. 255-260 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2020
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A novel method for using RNA-seq data to identify imprinted genes in social Hymenoptera with multiply mated queens
Howe, Jack, Schiøtt, M., Li, Q., Wang, Z., KU, thw266 & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2020, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33, 12, p. 1770-1782 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The evolution of multicellular complexity: the role of relatedness and environmental constraints
Fisher, Roberta May, Shik, Jonathan Z. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1931, 8 p., 20192963.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The gene expression network regulating queen brain remodeling after insemination and its parallel use in ants with reproductive workers
Nagel, M., Qiu, Bitao, Brandenborg, L. E., Larsen, Rasmus Stenbak, Ning, D., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & KU, thw266, 2020, In: Science Advances. 6, 38, 17 p., eaaz5772.Research 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
- 2019
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Horizontal partner exchange does not preclude stable mutualism in fungus-growing ants
Howe, Jack, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2019, In: Behavioral Ecology. 30, 2, p. 372-382Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Phylogeography and cryptic speciation in the Myrmica scabrinodis NYLANDER, 1846 species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and their conservation implications
Ebsen, J. R., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nash, David Richard, 2019, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 12, 6, p. 467-480 14 p.Research 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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Seminal fluid compromises visual perception in honeybee queens reducing their survival during additional mating flights
Liberti, J., Görner, J., Welch, M., Dosselli, R., Schiøtt, M., Ogawa, Y., Castleden, I., Hemmi, J. M., Baer-Imhoof, B., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2019, In: eLife. 8, 27 p., e45009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 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
- 2018
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Symbiotic partnerships and their chemical interactions in the leafcutter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Worsley, S. F., Innocent, T. M., Heine, D., Murrell, J. C., Yu, D. W., Wilkinson, B., Hutchings, M. I., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Holmes, N. A., Aug 2018, In: Myrmecological News. 27, p. 59-74Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › 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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Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen
Heine, D., Holmes, N. A., Worsley, S. F., Santos, A. C. A., Innocent, T. M., Scherlach, K., Patrick, E. H., Yu, D. W., Murrell, J. C., Vieria, P. C., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Hertweck, C., Hutchings, M. I. & Wilkinson, B., 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 11 p., 2208.Research 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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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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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. 1009-1018Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Reconstructing the relatedness of cooperatively breeding queens in the Panamanian leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Nehring, V., Dijkstra, M. B., Sumner, S., Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2018, In: Myrmecological News. 27, p. 33-45Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Rival seminal fluid induces enhanced sperm motility in a polyandrous ant
Liberti, J., Baer, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2018, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18, 12 p., 28.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Superorganismality and caste differentiation as points of no return: how the major evolutionary transitions were lost in translation
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Gawne, R., 2018, In: Biological Reviews. 93, 1, p. 28-54 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › 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
- 2017
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Diversity and transmission of gut bacteria in Atta and Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants during development
Zhukova, M., Sapountzis, P., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 10 Oct 2017, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 8, 14 p., 1942.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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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
- 2016
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Genome analysis of two Pseudonocardia phylotypes associated with Acromyrmex leafcutter ants reveals their biosynthetic potential
Holmes, N. A., Innocent, T. M., Heine, D., Al Bassam, M., Worsley, S. F., Trottmann, F., Patrick, E. H., Yu, D. W., Murrell, J. C., Schiøtt, M., Wilkinson, B., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Hutchings, M. I., 26 Dec 2016, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 7, 16 p., 2073.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ant mediated redistribution of a xyloglucanase enzyme in fungus gardens of Acromyrmex echinatior
Kooij, P. W., Pullens, J. W. M., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Schiøtt, M., 2016, In: BMC Microbiology. 16, 9 p., 81.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 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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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Queen reproductive tract secretions enhance sperm motility in ants
Liberti, J., Baer, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2016, In: Biology Letters. 12, 11, 5 p., 20160722.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis
Nygaard, S., Hu, H., Li, C., Schiøtt, M., Chen, Z., Yang, Z., Xie, Q., Ma, C., Deng, Y., Dikow, R. B., Rabeling, C., Nash, David Richard, Wcislo, W. T., Brady, S. G., Schultz, T. R., KU, thw266 & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 9 p., 12233.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Slowing them down will make them lose: a role for attine ant crop fungus in defending pupae against infections?
Armitage, S. A. O., Fernández-Marín, H., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Wcislo, W. T., 2016, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 85, 5, p. 1210-1221 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Tachykinin expression levels correlate with caste-specific aggression in workers of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior
Howe, Jack, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2016, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 4, 55, 12 p., 55.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › 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
- 2015
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A genomic comparison of two termites with different social complexity
Korb, J., Poulsen, Michael, Hu, H., Li, C., Boomsma, Jacobus J., KU, thw266 & Liebig, J., 2015, In: Frontiers in Genetics. 6, 12 p., 9.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Genetic variation in virulence among chalkbrood strains infecting honeybees
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