Jacobus J. Boomsma
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
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Genetic analysis of colony structure in polydomous and polygynous ant populations
Pedersen, Jes Søe & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Jan 1999, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 66, 1, p. 115-144Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Genetic Diversity and Disease Resistance in Leaf-Cutting Ant Societies
Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2004, In: Evolution. Vol. 58, no. 6, p. 1251-1260Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Fungus gardens of the leafcutter ant Atta colombica function as egg nurseries for the snake Leptodeira annulata.
Baer, B., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Kronauer, D., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 3, p. 289-291 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Fungal enzymes transferred by leaf-cutting ants in their fungus gardens
Rønhede, S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Rosendahl, Søren, 2004, In: Mycological Research. 108 (1), p. 101-106Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Fungal enzymes in the attine ant symbiosis
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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Functional role of phenylacetic acid from metapleural gland secretions in controlling fungal pathogens in evolutionarily derived leaf-cutting ants
Fernández-Marín, H., Nash, David Richard, Higginbotham, S., Estrada, C., van Zweden, J. S., D'Ettorre, P., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282, 1807, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Functional morphology of the metapleural gland in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex octospinosus
Bot, A. N. M., Obermayer, M. L., Hölldobler, B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2001, In: Insectes Sociaux. 48, p. 63-66Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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From so simple a beginning: Enzymatic innovation in fungus-growing ants involved a transition from individual symbiont selection to colony-level selection
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
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Foreword
Gawne, R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2022, The Individual in the Animal Kingdom. MIT Press, 32 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Forage collection, substrate preparation, and diet composition in fungus-growing ants
de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Ecological Entomology. 35, 3, p. 259-269 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Fifty years of illumination about the natural levels of adaptation
Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2016, In: Current Biology. 26, 24, p. R1250-R1255 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review
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Farming termites determine the genetic population structure of Termitomyces fungal symbionts
Nobre, T., Fernandes, C., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Korb, J. & Aanen, D. K., 2011, In: Molecular Ecology. 20, 9, p. 2023-2033 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Extreme queen-mating frequency and colony fission in African army ants
Kronauer, D. J. C., Schoning, C., Pedersen, Jes Søe, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Gadau, J., 2004, In: Molecular Ecology. 13, 8, p. 2381-8 7 p.Research 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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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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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 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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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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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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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 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 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 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 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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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