Jacobus J. Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
- 2013
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Specificity and stability of the Acromyrmex–Pseudonocardia symbiosis
Andersen, Sandra Breum, Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Sapountzis, P., Sørensen, Søren Johannes & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2013, In: Molecular Ecology. 22, 16, p. 4307-4321 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Beyond promiscuity: mate-choice commitments in social breeding
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2013, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 368, 1613, 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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Nature's Oracle The Life and Work of W. D. Hamilton
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2013, In: Science. 340, 6129, p. 145-146 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review › 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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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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Dynamic disease management in trachymyrmex fungus-growing ants (Attini: Formicidae)
Fernández-Marín, H., Bruner, G., Gomez, E. B., Nash, David Richard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Wcislo, W. T., 2013, In: American Naturalist. 181, 4, p. 571-582 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The fungal symbiont of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants expresses the full spectrum of genes to degrade cellulose and other plant cell wall polysaccharides
Grell, M. N., Linde, T., Nygaard, S., Nielsen, K. L., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Lange, L., 2013, In: B M C Genomics. 14, 11 p., 928.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Parent-offspring conflict and the persistence of pregnancy-induced hypertension in modern humans
Hartsteen, B. H., Byars, Sean Geoffrey, Lykke, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2013, In: P L o S One. 8, 2, 9 p., e56821.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Social insect genomes exhibit dramatic evolution in gene composition and regulation while preserving regulatory features linked to sociality
Simola, D. F., Wissler, L., Donahue, G., Waterhouse, R. M., Helmkampf, M., Roux, J., Nygaard, S., Glastad, K. M., Hagen, D. E., Viljakainen, L., Reese, J. T., Hunt, B. G., Graur, D., Elhaik, E., Kriventseva, E. V., Wen, J., Parker, B. J., Cash, E., Privman, E., Childers, C. P. & 18 others, , 2013, In: Genome Research. 23, 8, p. 1235-1247 13 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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Differential gene expression in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants after challenges with two fungal pathogens
Yek, S. H., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Schiøtt, M., 2013, In: Molecular Ecology. 22, 8, p. 2173-2187 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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A technique to artificially inseminate leafcutter ants
Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2013, In: Insectes Sociaux. 60, p. 111-118 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- 2012
- Published
Disease dynamics in a specialized parasite of ant societies
Andersen, Sandra Breum, Ferrari, M., Evans, H. C., Elliot, S. L., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Hughes, D. P., 2012, In: PLOS ONE. 7, 5, 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Dynamic Wolbachia prevalence in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: potential for a nutritional symbiosis
Andersen, Sandra Breum, Boye, M., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2012, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 25, 7, p. 1340-1350 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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An evaluation of the possible adaptive function of fungal brood covering by attine ants
Armitage, S. A. O., Fernández-Marín, H., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2012, In: Evolution. 66, 6, p. 1966-1975 10 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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Reproduction and dispersal in an ant-associated root aphid community
Ivens, A. B. F., Kronauer, D. J. C., Pen, I., Weissing, F. J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2012, In: Molecular Ecology. 21, 17, p. 4257-4269 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ants farm subterranean aphids mostly in single clone groups: an example of prudent husbandry for carbohydrates and proteins?
Ivens, A. B. F., Kronauer, D. J. C., Pen, I., Weissing, F. J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2012, In: B M C Evolutionary Biology. 12, 106, 11 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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Dispersal and gene flow in the rare, parasitic Large Blue butterfly Maculinea arion
Ugelvig, Line Vej, Andersen, A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nash, David Richard, 2012, In: Molecular Ecology. 21, 13, p. 3224-3236 13 p.Research 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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Regulation and specificity of antifungal metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants
Yek, S. H., Nash, David Richard, Jensen, Annette Bruun & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2012, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 279, 1745, p. 4215-4222 8 p.Research 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
- 2011
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Immune defense in leaf-cutting ants: a cross-fostering approach
Armitage, S. A. O., Broch, J. F., Marín, H. F., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Evolution. 65, 6, p. 1791-9 9 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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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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