Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. Published

    Rossiter H. Crozier (1943-2009)

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pamilo, P., 2010, In: Science. 327, 5961, p. 45 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Kin selection versus sexual selection: why the ends do not meet

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: Current Biology. 17, 16, p. R673-83

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Only full-sibling families evolved eusociality

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Beekman, M., Cornwallis, C. K., Griffin, A. S., Holman, L., Hughes, W. O. H., Keller, L., Oldroyd, B. P. & Ratnieks, F. L. W., 2011, In: Nature. 471, 7339, p. E4-5; author reply E9-10 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Lifetime monogamy and the evolution of eusociality

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 364, 1533, p. 3191-207 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Published

    Rethinking crop-disease management in fungus-growing ants

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, D. K., 2009, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 106, 42, p. 17611-2 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Domains and Major Transitions of Social Evolution

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2022, Oxford University Press. 296 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    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 journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Analysis of sex ratios in social insects

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nachman, Gøsta Støger, 2002, Sex Ratio Handbook. Cambridge University Press, p. 93-111

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

  12. Published

    STRICT LIFE-TIME MONOGAMY AS UNIVERSAL CONDITION FOR TRANSITIONS TOWARDS EUSOCIALITY

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  13. Published

    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 journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    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 journalLiterature reviewResearchpeer-review

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Published

    The evolution of social insect mating systems

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Kronauer, D. J. C. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, Feb 2009, Organization of Insect Societies: From Genome to Sociocomplexity. Gadau, J. & Fewell, J. (eds.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, p. 3-25

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

  18. Published

    Evolution: sympatric speciation the eusocial way

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nash, David Richard, 2014, In: Current biology : CB. 24, 17, p. R798-R800 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Old soldiers never die ....

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nygaard, S., 2012, In: Genome Biology. 13, 2, 3 p., 144.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Last words on narrow roads

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 21, 12, p. 664-665

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewCommunication

  21. Published

    Social insects: from selfish genes to self organisation and beyond

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Franks, N. R., 2006, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 21, 6, p. 303-308

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Multiple paternity, relatedness and genetic diversity in Acromyrmex leafcutter ants

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Fjerdingstad, E. J. & Frydenberg, J., 1999, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 266, p. 249-254

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    The evolution of multiqueen breeding in eusocial lineages with permanent physically differentiated castes

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Huszár, D. B. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2014, In: Animal Behaviour. 92, p. 241-252 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. Published

    Hamilton's rule generalized. Foundations of Social Evolution, S.A. Frank

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1999, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 14, p. 121

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. 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

  28. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. 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

  30. Published

    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 journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Jacobus (Koos) Boomsma

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: Current Biology. 25, 13, p. R532-R534 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearch

  32. Published

    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 proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Waste management in leafcutting ants

    Bot, A. N. M., Currie, C. R., Hart, A. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 13, p. 225-237

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. 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

  35. Published

    Variable sensitivity of fungi and bacteria to compounds produced by the metapleural glands of leafcutting ants

    Bot, A. N. M., Ortius-Lechner, D., Finster, K., Maile, R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, p. 363-370

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Partial incompatibility between ants and symbiotic fungi in two sympatric species of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Bot, A. N. M., Rehner, S. A. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Evolution. 55, p. 1980-1991

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Snyltegedehamsen Pseudovespula adulterina (Buysson, 1905) ny for Danmark (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

    Buhl, P. N., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Holter, P. & Pedersen, B. V., 2000, In: Ent. Meddr.. 68, p. 137

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  38. Published

    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. 1188-1189

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Opposite risk patterns for autism and schizophrenia are associated with normal variation in birth size: phenotypic support for hypothesized diametric gene-dosage effects

    Byars, Sean Geoffrey, Stearns, S. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2014, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281, 1794, 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Rare extra-pair fertilizations in the semi-colonially breeding linnet Carduelis cannabina

    Bønløkke-Pedersen, J., Drachmann, J., Frydenberg, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Journal of Avian Biology. 33, p. 203-206

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. 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

  44. Published

    The evolution of invasiveness in garden ants

    Cremer, S., Ugelvig, Line Vej, Drijfhout, F. P., Schlick-Steiner, B. C., Steiner, F. M., Seifert, B., Hughes, D. P., Schulz, A., Petersen, K. S., Konrad, H., Stauffer, C., Kiran, K., Espadaler, X., d'Ettorre, P., Aktaç, N., Eilenberg, Jørgen, Jones, G. R., Nash, David Richard, Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: PLoS ONE. 3, 12, 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    EVOLUTIONARY TRANSITIONS IN ENZYME ACTIVITY OF ANT FUNGUS GARDENS

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M., Mueller, U. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Evolution. 64, 7, p. 2055-2069

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Seminal fluid mediates ejaculate competition in social insects

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Baer, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Science. 327, 5972, p. 1506-1509 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Seminal fluid enhances sperm viability in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2008, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 62, 12, p. 1843-1849 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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