Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. Published

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