Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. 2006
  2. Published

    Coevolved crypts and exocrine glands support mutualistic bacteria in fungus-growing ants

    Currie, C. R., Poulsen, Michael, Mendenhall, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Billen, J., 2006, In: Science. 311, 5757, p. 81-83 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Are workers of Atta leafcutter ants capable of reproduction?

    Dijkstra, M. B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Insectes Sociaux. 53, 2, p. 136-140

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Muscling out malaria

    Hughes, D. P. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 21, 10, p. 533-534

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Does genetic diversity hinder parasite evolution in social insect colonies?

    Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19, 1, p. 132-143

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Male parentage in army ants

    Kronauer, D. J. C., Schöning, C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Molecular Ecology. 15, 4, p. 1147-51 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    A reassessment of the mating system characteristics of the army ant Eciton burchellii

    Kronauer, D. J. C., Berghoff, S. M., Powell, S., Denny, A. J., Edwards, K. J., Franks, N. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. 93, 8, p. 402-406

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Differential resistance and the importance of antibiotic production in Acromyrmex echinatior leaf-cutting ant castes towards the entomopathogenic fungus Aspergillus nomius

    Poulsen, M., Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Insectes Sociaux. 53, 3, p. 349-355

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Does the afrotropical army ant Dorylus (Anomma) molestus go extinct in fragmented forests?

    Schöning, C., Kinuthia, W. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Journal of East Africa Natural History. 95, 2, p. 163-179

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    High recombination frequency creates genotypic diversity in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

    Sirviö, A., Gadau, J., Rueppell, O., Lamatsch, D., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Pamilo, P. & Page Jr., R. E., 2006, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19, 5, p. 1475-1485

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Conflict and cooperation between fungi and termites in Macrotermes natalensis

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, D. K., 2006. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Presumptive horizontal symbiont transmission in the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, D. K., 2006, In: Molecular Ecology. 15, 11, p. 3131-3138

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. 2005
  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Published

    The evolution of male traits in social insects

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Baer, B. & Heinze, J., 2005, In: Annual Review of Entomology. 50, p. 395-420 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 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

  18. Published

    Life Histories and Parasite Pressure Across the Major Groups of Social Insects

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Schmid-Hempel, P. & Hughes, W. O. H., 2005, Insect Evolutionary Ecology. Fellowes, M., Holloway, G. & Rolff, J. (eds.). Wallingford Oxon, UK & Cambridge MA, USA: CABI Publishing, p. 139-175

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

  19. Published

    Reproduction and hybrid load in all-hybrid populations of Rana esculenta water frogs in Denmark

    Christiansen, D. G., Fog, K., Pedersen, B. V. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Evolution. 59, 6, p. 1348-1361

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Self-restraint and sterility in workers of Acromyrmex and Atta leafcutter ants

    Dijkstra, M. B., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Insectes Sociaux. 52, 1, p. 67-76

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Multiple reproductive strategies in a tropical hover wasp

    Fanelli, D., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Turillazzi, S., 2005, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 58, 2, p. 190-199

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Quantifying honey bee mating range and isolation in semi-isolated valleys by DNA microsatellite paternity analysis

    Jensen, Annette Bruun, Palmer, K. A., Chaline, N., Raine, N. E., Tofilski, A., Martin, S. J., Pedersen, B. V., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Ratnieks, F. L. W., 2005, In: Conservation Genetics. 6, Vol. 6, no. 4, p. 527-537

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Specificity of the mutualistic association between actinomycete bacteria and two sympatric species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Poulsen, M., Cafaro, M., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Currie, C. R. & Poulsen, Michael, 1 Oct 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 11, p. 3597-3604 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Mutualistic fungi control crop diversity in fungus-growing ants

    Poulsen, Michael & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Science. 307, 5710, p. 741-744 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Dinucleotide microsatellite DNA loci from the ant Myrmica scabrinodis

    Zeisset, I., Ebsen, J. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 5, 1, p. 163-164

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Microsatellite markers for the large blue butterflies Maculinea nausithous and Maculinea alcon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and their amplification in other Maculinea species

    Zeisset, I., Damm Als, T., Settele, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 5, 1, p. 165-168

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. 2004
  29. Published

    The evolution of alternative parasitic life histories in large blue butterflies

    Als, T. D., Vila, R., Kandul, N. P., Nash, David Richard, Yen, S., Hsu, Y., Mignault, A. A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pierce, N. E., 2004, In: Nature. 432, 7015, p. 386-390 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Male reproductive investment and queen mating-frequency in fungus-growing ants

    Baer, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Behavioral Ecology. Vol. 15, no. 3, p. 426-432

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    A genetic component to size in queens of the ant, Formica truncorum

    Bargum, K., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Sundström, L., 2004, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 57, 1, p. 9-16

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Sex ratio variation in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

    Duchateau, M. J., Velthuis, H. H. W. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Behavioral Ecology. Vol. 15, no. 1, p. 71-82

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Diversity of entomopathogenic fungi near leaf-cutting ant nests in a neotropical forest, with particular reference to Metarhizium anisopliae var. anisopliae

    Hughes, W. O. H., Thomsen, L., Eilenberg, Jørgen & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 85, 1, p. 46-53 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Density-dependence and within-host competition in a semelparous parasite of leaf-cutting ants.

    Hughes, W., Petersen, K., Ugelvig, Line Vej, Pedersen, D., Thomsen, L., Poulsen, Michael & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 4, 1, p. 45 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. 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

  36. Published

    Let your enemy do the work: within-host interactions between two fungal parasites of leaf-cutting ants

    Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society London B: Biology Letters. Vol. 271, no. S3, p. 104-106

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    De promiskuøse dronninger - Parrer de sig kun for sjov?

    Jensen, Annette Bruun, Pedersen, Jes Søe, Pedersen, B. V. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Tidsskrift for Biavl. 6, juni, p. 167-169

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  38. 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

  39. Published

    Microsatellite markers for the driver ant Dorylus (Anomma) molestus

    Kronauer, D. J. C., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Gadau, J., 2004, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. Vol. 4, issue 2, p. 289-290

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Diet-induced aggression among colonies of the leafcutter ant Acromyrmex echinatior Forel (Hymenoptera Formicidae)

    Lambardi, D., Chegia, B., Turillazzi, S. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Redia. Vol. LXXXVII, p. 219-221

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Bladskæremyrer - tropernes succesfulde landbrugere

    Poulsen, M., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Naturens Verden. 5, p. 27-35

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  42. 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

  43. Published

    Ant parasite queens revert to mating singly

    Sumner, S., Hughes, W. O. H., Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Nature. 428, 6978, p. 35-36

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    The evolution of social parasitism in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants: a test of Emery's rule

    Sumner, S., Aanen, D. K., Delabie, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 51, no. 1, p. 37-42

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. 2003
  46. Published

    Sperm length, sperm storage and mating system characteristics in bumblebees

    Baer, B., Schmid-Hempel, P., Høeg, Jens Thorvald & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Insectes Sociaux. 50, 2, p. 101-108

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Informational constraints on optimal sex allocation in ants

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Nielsen, J., Sundström, L., Oldham, N. J., Tentschert, J., Petersen, H. C. & Morgan, E. D., 2003, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. Vol. 100, no. 15, p. 8799-8804

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Social mutualism and social parasitism: conflict and cooperation at the family and species level

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, Genes, Behaviors and Evolution of Social Insects. Sapporo, Japan: Hokkaido University, p. 131-170

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

  49. 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

  50. Published

    Gnamptogenys hartmani Wheeler (Ponerinae: Ectatommini): an agro-predator of Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants

    Dijkstra, M. B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. Vol. 90, no. 12, p. 568-571

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    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. 9393-9397

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    Lack of patriline-specific differences in chemical composition of the metapleural gland secretion in Acromyrmex octospinosus

    Ortius-Lechner, D., Maile, R., Morgan, E. D., Petersen, H. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 50, no. 2, p. 113-119

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    The effect of metapleural gland secretion on the growth of a mutualistic bacterium on the cuticle of leaf-cutting ants

    Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A. N. M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1 Sep 2003, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. 90, 9, p. 406-409 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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