Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. Published

    Prudent sperm use by leaf-cutter ant queens

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Baer, B., Dreier, S. A. J., Aron, S., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 276, 1675, p. 3945-3953 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. 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

  3. Published

    Queen mating frequency and relatedness in young Atta sexdens colonies

    Fjerdingstad, E. J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Insectes Sociaux. 47, p. 354-356

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Queen-worker caste ratio depends on colony size in the pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis)

    Schmidt, A. M., Linksvayer, T. A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 2, p. 139–144 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Random sperm use and genetic effects on worker caste fate in Atta colombica leaf-cutting ants

    Holman, L., Stürup, M., Trontti, K. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Molecular Ecology. 20, 23, p. 5092-5102 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Rapid shifts in Atta cephalotes fungus-garden enzyme activity after a change in fungal substrate (Attini, Formicidae)

    Kooij, P. W., Schiøtt, M., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 2, p. 145-151 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 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

  10. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 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

  12. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    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. 33-45

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Reduced biological control and enhanced chemical pest management in the evolution of fungus farming in ants

    Fernández-Marín, H., Zimmerman, J. K., Nash, David Richard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Wcislo, W. T., 2009, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 276, 1665, p. 2263-9 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. 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

  16. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. 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

  23. Published

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

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  24. 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

  25. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. Published

    Sex allocation in fungus-growing ants: worker or queen control without symbiont-induced female bias

    Dijkstra, M. B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: Oikos. 117, 12, p. 1892-1906

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Sex allocation in the polydomous leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex balzani

    Ichinose, K., Forti, L. C., Pretto, D. R., Nachman, Gøsta Støger & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: Ecological Research. 22, p. 288-295 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. 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

  31. Published

    Sex-investment ratios in ants: has female bias been systematically overestimated?

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1989, In: American Naturalist. 133, 4, p. 517-532 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. 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

  33. Published

    Six weeks in the life of a reproducing army ant colony: Male parentage and colony behaviour

    Kronauer, D. J. C., Ponce, E. R. R., Lattke, J. E. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., May 2007, In: Insectes Sociaux. 54, 2, p. 118-123 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. 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

  36. Published

    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, Muñoz-Torres, M. C., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Bornberg-Bauer, E., Currie, C. R., Elsik, C. G., Suen, G., Goodisman, M. A. D., Keller, L., Liebig, J., Rawls, A., Reinberg, D., Smith, C. D., Smith, C. R., Tsutsui, N., Wurm, Y., Zdobnov, E. M., Berger, S. L. & Gadau, J., 2013, In: Genome Research. 23, 8, p. 1235-1247 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Social insect symbionts: evolution in homeostatic fortresses

    Hughes, D. P., Pierce, N. E. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 23, 12, p. 672-677 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. Published

    Social structure and split sex ratios in the ant Pheidole pallidula

    Aron, S., Campan, E., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Passera, L., 1999, In: Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 11, p. 209-227

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Social-insect fungus farming

    Aanen, D. K. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Current Biology. 16, 24, p. R1014-R1016

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Somatic incompatibility and genetic structure of fungal crops in sympatric Atta colombica and Acromyrmex echinatior leaf-cutting ants

    Kooij, P. W., Poulsen, Michael, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: Fungal Ecology. 18, p. 10-17 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Specificity in chemical profiles of workers, brood and mutualistic fungi in Atta, Acromyrmex, and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants

    Richard, F., Poulsen, Michael, Drijfhout, F., Jones, G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. 33, 12, p. 2281-2292 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. 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

  46. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Sperm length evolution in the fungus-growing ants

    Baer, B., Dijkstra, M. B., Mueller, U. G., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Behavioral Ecology. 20, 1, p. 38-45

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. Published

    Sperm storage induces an immunity cost in ants

    Baer, B., Armitage, S. A. O. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Nature. 441, 7095, p. 872-5 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Strict monandry in the ponerine army ant genus Simopelta suggests that colony size and complexity drive mating system evolution in social insects

    Kronauer, D. J. C., O'Donnell, S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pierce, N. E., 2011, In: Molecular Ecology. 20, 2, p. 420-8 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    Structure and diversity of ant communities in successive coastal dune valleys.

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Van Loon, A. J., 1982, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 51, 3, p. 957-974 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Subordinate wasps are more aggressive in colonies with low reproductive skew

    Fanelli, D., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Turillazzi, S., 2008, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 75, 3, p. 879-886

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. 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

  55. Published

    Survival and growth of parasitic Maculinea alcon caterpillars (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in laboratory nests of three Myrmica ant species

    Nash, David Richard, Als, T. D. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 3, p. 391-401 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  56. 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

  57. 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

  58. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  59. Published

    Task partitioning in insect societies bucket brigades

    Anderson, C., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Bartholdi, J. J., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, p. 171-180

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  60. Published

    Tawny Owls Strix aluco with reliable food supply produce male-biased broods

    Desfor, K. B., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Sunde, P., Jan 2007, In: Ibis. 149, 1, p. 98-105 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  61. 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

  62. 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

  63. 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

  64. 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

  65. 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

  66. Published

    The dynamics of plant cell-wall polysaccharide decomposition in leaf-cutting ant fungus gardens

    Moller, I. E., de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Harholt, J., Willats, W. G. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: P L o S One. 6, 3, 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  67. Published

    The economy of worker reproduction in Acromyrmex leafcutter ants

    Dijkstra, M. B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Sep 2007, In: Animal Behaviour. 74, 3, p. 519-529 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  68. 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

  69. Published

    The effects of age and social interactions on innate immunity in a leaf-cutting ant

    Armitage, S. A. O. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 56, 7, p. 780-787 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  70. Published

    The ejaculatory biology of leafcutter ants

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Stürup, M., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2015, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 74, p. 56-62 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  71. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  72. 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

  73. Published

    The evolution of fungus-growing termites and their mutualistic fungal symbionts

    Aanen, D. K., Eggleton, P., Rouland-Lefèvre, C., Frøslev, Tobias Guldberg, Rosendahl, Søren & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 99, 23, p. 14887-14892

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  74. 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

  75. 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

  76. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  77. Published

    The evolution of multiple mating in army ants

    Kronauer, D. J. C., Johnson, R. A. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Feb 2007, In: Evolution. 61, 2, p. 413-422 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  78. 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

  79. 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

  80. 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

  81. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  82. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  83. 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

  84. Published

    The genome of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior suggests key adaptations to advanced social life and fungus farming

    Nygaard, S., Zhang, G., Schiøtt, M., Li, C., Wurm, Y., Hu, H., Zhou, J., Ji, L., Qiu, F., Rasmussen, M., Pan, H., Hauser, Frank, Krogh, Anders, Grimmelikhuijzen, Cornelis (Cok), Wang, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Genome Research. 21, 8, p. 1339-1348 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  85. 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

  86. Published

    The life of a dead ant - expression of an adaptive extended phenotype

    Andersen, Sandra Breum, Gerritsma, S., Yusah, K. M., Mayntz, D., Hywel-Jones, N. L., Billen, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Hughes, D. P., 2010.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

  87. Published

    The life of a dead ant -the expression of an adaptive extended phenotype

    Andersen, Sandra Breum, Gerritsma, S., Yusah, K. M., Mayntz, D., Hywel-Jones, N. L., Billen, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Hughes, D. P., 2009, In: American Naturalist. 174, 3, p. 424-433 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  88. Published

    The origin of the chemical profiles of fungal symbionts and their significance for nestmate recognition in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

    Richard, F., Poulsen, Michael, Hefetz, A., Errard, C., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61, 11, p. 1637-1649 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  89. 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

  90. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  91. 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

  92. Published

    Towards a molecular understanding of symbiont function: identification of a fungal gene for the degradation of xylan in the fungus gardens of leaf-cutting ants.

    Schiøtt, M., de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Lange, L. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: BMC Microbiology. 8, p. 40

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  93. Published

    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. 1782-1791

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  94. Published

    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 journalEditorialResearchpeer-review

  95. Published

    Trade-offs in group living: transmission and disease resistance in leaf-cutting ants

    Hughes, W. O. H., Eilenberg, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. B. 269, p. 1811-1819

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  96. 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

  97. Published

    Variable interaction specificity and symbiont performance in Panamanian Trachymyrmex and Sericomyrmex fungus-growing ants

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2014, In: B M C Evolutionary Biology. 14, 22 p., 244.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  98. Published

    Variable microsatellite loci for the leafcutter ant Acromyrmex echinatior and their applicability to related species

    Ortius-Lechner, D., Gertsch, P. J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Molecular Ecology. 9, p. 115-116

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  99. 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

  100. Published

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