Jacobus J. Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
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Let your enemy do the work: within-host interactions between two fungal parasites of leaf-cutting ants
Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Proceedings of The Royal Society London B: Biology Letters. Vol. 271, no. S3, p. 104-106Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 139-175Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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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 proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1188-1189Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review
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Low genetic variation in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) from western Greenland using microsatellites
Holm, L. E., Forchhammer, M. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1999, In: Molecular Ecology. 8, p. 675-679Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Male parentage in army ants
Kronauer, D. J. C., Schöning, C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Molecular Ecology. 15, 4, p. 1147-51 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Male reproductive investment and queen mating-frequency in fungus-growing ants
Baer, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Behavioral Ecology. Vol. 15, no. 3, p. 426-432Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Mate guarding in the Linnet Carduelis cannabina
Drachmann, J., Komdeur, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Bird Study. 47, p. 238-241Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Mating biology of the leaf-cutting ants Atta colombica and A. cephalotes
Baer, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Journal of Morphology. 267, 10, p. 1165-71 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Metapleural gland secretion of the leaf-cutter ant Acromyrmex octospinosus: New compounds and their functional significance
Ortius-Lechner, D., Maile, R., Morgan, E. D. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Journal of Chemical Ecology. Vol. 26 no. 7, p. 1667-1683Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Microsatellite markers for the driver ant Dorylus (Anomma) molestus
Kronauer, D. J. C., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Gadau, J., 2004, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. Vol. 4, issue 2, p. 289-290Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 165-168Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Microsatellite primers for fungus-growing ants
Villesen, P., Gertsch, P. J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 2, p. 320-322Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1009-1018Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Monophagous leaf‐mining larvae of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) on birch: patterns and differentiation in exploitation of the host
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Timmermans, H., Cörvers, C. P. M. & Kabout, J., Sep 1987, In: Ecography. 10, 3, p. 206-218 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Multiple mating and facultative polygyny in the Panamanian ant Acromyrmex echinatior
Bekkevold, D., Frydenberg, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1999, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 46, p. 103-109Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Multiple paternity in social Hymenoptera: estimating the effective mate number in single-double mating populations
Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Apr 1999, In: Molecular Ecology. 8, 4, p. 577-587Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 249-254Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Multiple queens means fewer mates
Kronauer, D. J. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 4 Sep 2007, In: Current Biology. 17, 17, p. R753-R755Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research › peer-review
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Multiple reproductive strategies in a tropical hover wasp
Fanelli, D., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Turillazzi, S., 2005, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 58, 2, p. 190-199Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Muscling out malaria
Hughes, D. P. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 21, 10, p. 533-534Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Mutualistic bacteria and a possible trade-off between alternative defence mechanisms in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants
Poulsen, Michael, Bot, A. N. M., Currie, C. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Insectes Sociaux. 49, 1, p. 15-19 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Mutualistic fungi control crop diversity in fungus-growing ants
Poulsen, Michael & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2005, In: Science. 307, 5710, p. 741-744 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Literature review › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Nine novel microsatellite markers for the army ant Simopelta pergandei (subfamily Ponerinae)
Kronauer, D. J. C., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pierce, N. E., 2011, In: Conservation Genetics Resources. 3, 1, p. 61-63 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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No benefit in diversity? The effect of genetic variation on survival and disease resistance in a polygynous social insect
Schmidt, A. M., Linksvayer, T. A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2011, In: Ecological Entomology. 36, 6, p. 751–759 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Novel fungal disease in complex leaf-cutting ant societies
Hughes, D. P., Evans, H. C., Hywel-Jones, N., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Armitage, S. A. O., 2009, In: Ecological Entomology. 34, 2, p. 214-220Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Nutrition mediates the expression of cultivar-farmer conflict in a fungus-growing ant
Shik, Jonathan Z., Gomez, E. B., Kooij, P. W., Santos, J. C., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2016, In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 113, 36, p. 10121-10126 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Nutritional niches reveal fundamental domestication trade-offs in fungus-farming ants
Shik, Jonathan Z., Kooij, P. W., Donoso, D. A., Santos, J. C., Gomez, E. B., Franco, M., Crumière, A. J. J., Arnan, X., Howe, Jack, Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2021, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5, 1, p. 122-134Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Old soldiers never die ....
Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nygaard, S., 2012, In: Genome Biology. 13, 2, 3 p., 144.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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On the production ecology of Lasius niger ( Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in successive coastal dune valleys ( Lasius flavus).
Boomsma, Jacobus J., Van Der Lee, G. A. & Van Der Have, T. M., 1982, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 51, 3, p. 975-991 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Pandora infections in Formica ants
Hughes, D. P., Eilenberg, Jørgen, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Jensen, Annette Bruun, 2009.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research
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Parent-offspring conflict and the persistence of pregnancy-induced hypertension in modern humans
Hartsteen, B. H., Byars, Sean Geoffrey, Lykke, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2013, In: P L o S One. 8, 2, 9 p., e56821.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 1980-1991Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Patterns of interaction specificity of fungus-growing termites and Termitomyces symbionts in South Africa
Aanen, D. K., Ros, V. I. D., de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Mitchell, J., de Beer, Z. W., Slippers, B., Rouland-Lefèvre, C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 7, p. 115Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 246-253Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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 journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Phylogeography and cryptic speciation in the Myrmica scabrinodis NYLANDER, 1846 species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and their conservation implications
Ebsen, J. R., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nash, David Richard, 2019, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 12, 6, p. 467-480 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Policing and punishment across the domains of social evolution
Singh, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: Oikos. 124, 8, p. 971-982 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Population genetic signatures of diffuse co-evolution between leaf-cutting ants and their cultivar fungi
Mikheyev, A. S., Mueller, U. G. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Jan 2007, In: Molecular Ecology. 16, 1, p. 209-216 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Population structure of a large blue butterfly and its specialist parasitoid in a fragmented landscape
Anton, C., Zeisset, I., Musche, M., Durka, W., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Settele, J., Sep 2007, In: Molecular Ecology. 16, 18, p. 3828-3838 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Positive association of queen number and queen mating frequency in Myrmica ants: a challenge to the genetic variability hypothesis
Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Mar 1999, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 45, 3-4, p. 185-193Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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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. 3131-3138Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Protein-level interactions as mediators of sexual conflict in ants
Dosselli, R., Grassl, J., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Kratz, M., Moran, J. M., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2019, In: Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 18, Suppl. 1, p. S34-S45Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Proteomics reveals synergy between biomass degrading enzymes and inorganic Fenton chemistry in leaf-cutting ant colonies
Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2021, In: eLife. 10, 21 p., e61816.Research 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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Differences in forage-acquisition and fungal enzyme activity contribute to niche segregation in Panamanian leaf-cutting ants
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Genetic variation in virulence among chalkbrood strains infecting honeybees
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