Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. 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

  2. Published

    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. 1009-1018

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Variation in male body size and reproductive allocation in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica: estimating variance components and possible trade-offs

    Stürup, M., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Nash, David Richard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 1, p. 47-55 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Sperm mixing in the polyandrous leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

    Stürup, M., Nash, David Richard, Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2014, In: Ecology and Evolution. 4, 18, p. 3571-3582 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Short independent lives and selection for maximal sperm survival make investment in immune defences unprofitable for leaf-cutting ant males

    Stürup, M., Baer, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2014, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 68, 6, p. 947-955 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Evidence for differential selection and potential adaptive evolution in the worker caste of an inquiline social parasite

    Sumner, S., Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Vol. 54, no. 3, p. 256-263

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The adaptive significance of inquiline parasite workers.

    Sumner, S., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 270, 1521, p. 1315-22 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. 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

  11. Published

    Conflicts and alliances in insect families

    Sundström, L. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Heredity. 86, p. 515-521

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  12. Published

    Reproductive alliances and posthumous fitness enhancement in male ants

    Sundström, L. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 267, p. 1439-1444

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    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. 239-254

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Complementary symbiont contributions to plant decomposition in a fungus-farming termite

    Thomas-Poulsen, M., Hu, H., Li, C., Chen, Z., Xu, L., Otani, S., Nygaard, S., Nobre, T., Klaubauf, S., Schindler, P. M., Hauser, F., Pan, H., Yang, Z., Sonnenberg, A. S. M., de Beer, Z. W., Zhang, Y., Wingfield, M. J., Grimmelikhuijzen, C., de Vries, R. P., Korb, J. & 4 others, Aanen, D. K., Wang, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & KU, thw266, 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111, 40, 6 p., 14500-14505.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    The introduction history of invasive garden ants in Europe: integrating genetic, chemical and behavioural approaches

    Ugelvig, Line Vej, Drijfhout, F., Kronauer, D., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Pedersen, Jes Søe & Cremer, S., 2008, In: BMC Biology. 6, p. 1-14 11.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Reconstructing eight decades of genetic variation in an isolated Danish population of the large blue butterfly Maculinea arion

    Ugelvig, Line Vej, Nielsen, P. S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nash, David Richard, 2011, In: B M C Evolutionary Biology. 11, p. 201 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    The diversity of microorganisms associated with Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Van Borm, S., Billen, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2:9, p. ?

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Group-specific polymerase chain reaction amplification of SSU rRNA-encoding gene fragments from 12 microbial taxa

    Van Borm, S. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 2, p. 356-359

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Tetra ponera ants have gut symbionts related to nitrogen-fixing root nodule bacteria

    Van Borm, S., Buschinger, A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Billen, J., 2002, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. B. 269, p. 2023-2027

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    A new polygynous Lasius species (Hymenoptera; Formicidae) from central Europe - I. Description et biologie générale - I. Description and general biology

    Van Loon, A. J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Andrasfalvy, A., Dec 1990, In: Insectes Sociaux. 37, 4, p. 348-362 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Convergent development of low-relatedness supercolonies in Myrmica ants

    Van der Hammen, T., Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Aug 2002, In: Heredity. 89, 1, p. 83-89

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Mating, hybridisation and introgression in Lasius ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Van der Have, T., Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Myrmecological News. 15, p. 109–115 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Genetic differentiation between the ant Myrmica rubra and its microgynous social parasite

    Vepsäläinen, K., Ebsen, J. R., Savolainen, R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 4, p. 425-437

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Microsatellite primers for fungus-growing ants

    Villesen, P., Gertsch, P. J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 2, p. 320-322

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    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. 1819-1825

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Patterns of male parentage in the fungus-growing ants

    Villesen, P. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Vol. 53, no. 4, p. 246-253

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Unravelling the transition between single and multiple mating in attine ants

    Villesen, P., Murakami, T., Schultz, T. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society, London. B. 269, p. 1541-1548

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Temperature dependent virulence of obligate and facultative fungal pathogens of honeybee brood

    Vojvodic, S., Jensen, Annette Bruun, James, R. R., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Eilenberg, Jørgen, 2011, In: Veterinary Microbiology. 149, 1-2, p. 200-205 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published
  31. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Genetic variation in virulence among chalkbrood strains infecting honeybees

    Vojvodic, S., Jensen, Annette Bruun, Markussen, Bo, Eilenberg, Jørgen & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: P L o S One. 6, 9, 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Environmental effects on fungal infections in honeybee larvae Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

    Vojvodic, S., Jensen, Annette Bruun, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Eilenberg, Jørgen, 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  34. Published

    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. 59-74

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    The genome of the fire ant Solenopsis invicta

    Wurm, Y., Wang, J., Riba-Grognuz, O., Corona, M., Nygaard, S., Hunt, B. G., Ingram, K. K., Falquet, L., Nipitwattanaphon, M., Gotzek, D., Dijkstra, M. B., Oettler, J., Comtesse, F., Shih, C-J., Wu, W-J., Yang, C-C., Thomas, J., Beaudoing, E., Pradervand, S., Flegel, V. & 18 others, Cook, E. D., Fabbretti, R., Stockinger, H., Long, L., Farmerie, W. G., Oakey, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Pamilo, P., Yi, S. V., Heinze, J., Goodisman, M. A. D., Farinelli, L., Harshman, K., Hulo, N., Cerutti, L., Xenarios, I., Shoemaker, D. & Keller, L., 2011, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108, 14, p. 5679-84 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Has substrate-dependent co-evolution of enzyme function occured in the attine ant-fungus symbiosis

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Co-evolution of enzyme function in the attine ant-fungus symbiosis

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Symbiotic adaptation in the fungal cultivar of leaf-cutting ants

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Tunlid, A., 2014, In: Nature Communications. 5, 10 p., 5675.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published
  48. 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

  49. Published
  50. 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

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