Jacobus J. Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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, , 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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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Conflicts and alliances in insect families
Sundström, L. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Heredity. 86, p. 515-521Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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Convergent development of ecological, genetic, and morphological traits in native supercolonies of the red ant Myrmica rubra
Huszár, D. B., Larsen, Rasmus Stenbak, Carlsen, S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2014, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 68, 11, p. 1859-1870 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 83-89Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Cryptic speciationin the fungus-growing ant Cyphomyrmex longiscapus Weber and Cyphomyrmex muelleri Schultz and Solomon, new species (Formicidae, Attini)
Schultz, T. R., Solomon, S. A., Mueller, U. G., Villesen, P., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Adams, R. M. M. & Norden, B., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, p. 331-343Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 167-169Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 219-221Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Differences in forage-acquisition and fungal enzyme activity contribute to niche segregation in Panamanian leaf-cutting ants
Kooij, P. W., Liberti, J., Giampoudakis, K., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2014, In: PLOS ONE. 9, 4, 9 p., e94284.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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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 349-355Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 163-164Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Diploid male production in a leaf-cutting ant
Armitage, S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2010, In: Ecological Entomology. 35, 2, p. 175-182 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Direct genetic evidence for local mate competition in ants
Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Dec 1998, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. 85, 12, p. 593-595Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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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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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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Do army ant queens re-mate later in life?
Kronauer, D. J. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Feb 2007, In: Insectes Sociaux. 54, 1, p. 20-28 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 132-143Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 163-179Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Domains and Major Transitions of Social Evolution
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2022, Oxford University Press. 296 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › 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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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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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. 2055-2069Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Effect of habitat saturation on the number and turnover of queens in the polygynous ant Myrmica sulcinodis
Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Sep 1999, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 12, 5, p. 903-917Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Effects of inundation and salt on the survival of ants in a sandy coastal plain
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & ISAAKS, J. A., May 1982, In: Ecological Entomology. 7, 2, p. 121-130 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Energy investment and respiration in queens and males of Lasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Isaaks, J. A., Nov 1985, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 18, 1, p. 19-27 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research
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Ephemeral windows of opportunity for horizontal transmission of fungal symbionts in leaf-cutting ants
Poulsen, Michael, Fernández-Marín, H., Currie, C. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Evolution. 63, 9, p. 2235-2247 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 256-263Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evolution of Fungal enzymes in the attine ant symbiosis
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evolutionarily advanced ant farmers rear polyploid fungal crops
Kooij, P. W., Aanen, D. K., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 28, 11, p. 1911-1924 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 191-210Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Evolutionary Ecology: Wasp Mother's Little Helpers
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, D. K., 2005, In: Current Biology. 15, 5, p. R163-R165Research 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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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evolutionary patterns of proteinase activity in attine ant fungus gardens
Semenova, T., Hughes, D. P., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Schiøtt, M., 2011, In: B M C Microbiology. 12, p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1819-1825Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Evolutionary transition to a semelparous life story in the socially parasitic ant Acromyrmex insinuator
Bekkevold, D. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 13, p. 615-623Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 298-303Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Experimental evidence for the cost and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants
Poulsen, M., Bot, A. N. M., Nielsen, M. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 52, p. 151-157Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Experimental evidence for the costs and hygienic significance of the antibiotic metapleural gland secretion in leaf-cutting ants
Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A., Nielsen, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 52, 2, p. 151-157 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 91-102Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Extended phenotype: nematodes turn ants into bird-dispersed fruits
Hughes, D. P., Kronauer, D. J. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: Current Biology. 18, 7, p. R294-5Research 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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Genetic variation in virulence among chalkbrood strains infecting honeybees
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