Jacobus J. Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
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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 journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review
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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. 2023-2027Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Task partitioning in insect societies bucket brigades
Anderson, C., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Bartholdi, J. J., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, p. 171-180Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 59-74Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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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. 879-886Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 101-108Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 38-45Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Social-insect fungus farming
Aanen, D. K. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Current Biology. 16, 24, p. R1014-R1016Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 209-227Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 131-170Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Report chapter › Research
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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. 303-308Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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, , 2013, In: Genome Research. 23, 8, p. 1235-1247 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 137Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 71-82Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1892-1906Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 67-76Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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STRICT LIFE-TIME MONOGAMY AS UNIVERSAL CONDITION FOR TRANSITIONS TOWARDS EUSOCIALITY
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research
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Rossiter H. Crozier (1943-2009)
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pamilo, P., 2010, In: Science. 327, 5961, p. 45 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1439-1444Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1348-1361Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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