Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. 2011
  2. Published

    Evolutionary biology: Farming writ small

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Nature. 469, 7330, p. 308-309 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Genetic variation in virulence among chalkbrood strains infecting honeybees

    Vojvodic, S., Jensen, Annette Bruun, Markussen, Bo, Eilenberg, Jørgen & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: P L o S One. 6, 9, 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Hybridization in East African swarm-raiding army ants

    Kronauer, D. J., Peters, M. K., Schöning, C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Frontiers in Zoology. 8, 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Immune defense in leaf-cutting ants: a cross-fostering approach

    Armitage, S. A. O., Broch, J. F., Marín, H. F., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Evolution. 65, 6, p. 1791-9 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Queen-worker caste ratio depends on colony size in the pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis)

    Schmidt, A. M., Linksvayer, T. A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pedersen, Jes Søe, 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 2, p. 139–144 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Random sperm use and genetic effects on worker caste fate in Atta colombica leaf-cutting ants

    Holman, L., Stürup, M., Trontti, K. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2011, In: Molecular Ecology. 20, 23, p. 5092-5102 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Rapid shifts in Atta cephalotes fungus-garden enzyme activity after a change in fungal substrate (Attini, Formicidae)

    Kooij, P. W., Schiøtt, M., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 2, p. 145-151 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Reconstructing eight decades of genetic variation in an isolated Danish population of the large blue butterfly Maculinea arion

    Ugelvig, Line Vej, Nielsen, P. S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Nash, David Richard, 2011, In: B M C Evolutionary Biology. 11, p. 201 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. Published
  23. Published

    Variation in male body size and reproductive allocation in the leafcutter ant Atta colombica: estimating variance components and possible trade-offs

    Stürup, M., Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Nash, David Richard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2011, In: Insectes Sociaux. 58, 1, p. 47-55 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. 2010
  25. Published

    Leaf-cutting ant fungi produce cell wall degrading pectinase complexes reminiscent of phytopathogenic fungi

    Schiøtt, M., Rogowska-Wrzesinska, A., Roepstorff, P. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1 Jan 2010, In: B M C Biology. 8, p. 156

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Blending of heritable recognition cues among ant nestmates creates distinct colony gestalt odours but prevents within-colony nepotism

    van Zweden, J. S., Brask, J. B., Christensen, Jan H., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Linksvayer, T. A. & D'Ettorre, P., 2010, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23, 7, p. 1498-1508 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Caste-specific expression of genetic variation in the size of antibiotic-producing glands of leaf-cutting ants

    Hughes, W. O. H., Bot, A. N. M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 277, 1681, p. 609-15 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Colony fusion and worker reproduction after queen loss in army ants

    Kronauer, D. J. C., Schöning, C., d'Ettorre, P. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 277, 1682, p. 755-63 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    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. 2055-2069

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Laccase gene expression as a possible key adaptation for herbivorous niche expansion in the attine fungus-growing ants

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Laccase gene expression as a possible key adaptation for herbivorous niche expansion in the attine fungus-growing ants

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  34. Published
  35. Published

    Large-Scale Evolutionary Patterns of Host Plant Associations in the Lepidoptera

    Menken, S. B. J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & van Nieukerken, E. J., 2010, In: Evolution. 64, 4, p. 1098-1119 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Rossiter H. Crozier (1943-2009)

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pamilo, P., 2010, In: Science. 327, 5961, p. 45 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. Published

    Workers of Acromyrmex echinatior leafcutter ants police worker-laid eggs, but not reproductive workers

    Dijkstra, M. B., van Zweden, J. S., Dirchsen, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2010, In: Animal Behaviour. 80, 3, p. 487-495 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. 2009
  42. 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

  43. Published

    Ant Queen Egg-Marking Signals: Matching Deceptive Laboratory Simplicity with Natural Complexity

    van Zweden, J. S., Heinze, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & D'Ettorre, P., 2009, In: PLoS ONE. 4, 3, p. e4718 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Caste-specific symbiont policing by workers of Acromyrmex fungus-growing ants

    Ivens, A. B. F., Nash, David Richard, Poulsen, Michael & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Behavioral Ecology. 20, 2, p. 378-384 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published
  46. Published

    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 conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  47. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    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 conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Genetic differentiation between the ant Myrmica rubra and its microgynous social parasite

    Vepsäläinen, K., Ebsen, J. R., Savolainen, R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 4, p. 425-437

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Graveyards on the Move: The Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Dead Ophiocordyceps-Infected Ants

    Pontoppidan, M., Himaman, W., Hywel-Jones, N. L., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Hughes, D. P., 2009, In: PLoS ONE. 4, 3, p. e4835

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    High Symbiont Relatedness Stabilizes Mutualistic Cooperation in Fungus-Growing Termites

    Aanen, D. K., de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Debets, A. J. M., Kerstes, N. A. G., Hoekstra, R. F. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Science. 326, 5956, p. 1103-6 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Honey bee males and queens use glandular secretions to enhance sperm viability before and after storage

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Baer, B., 2009, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 55, 6, p. 538-543

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  55. Published

    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. 214-220

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  56. Published

    Pandora infections in Formica ants

    Hughes, D. P., Eilenberg, Jørgen, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Jensen, Annette Bruun, 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  57. Published

    Prudent sperm use by leaf-cutter ant queens

    Beckers, Susanne den Boer, Baer, B., Dreier, S. A. J., Aron, S., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. 276, 1675, p. 3945-3953 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  58. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  59. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  60. Published

    STRICT LIFE-TIME MONOGAMY AS UNIVERSAL CONDITION FOR TRANSITIONS TOWARDS EUSOCIALITY

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2009.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  61. Published

    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. 38-45

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  62. 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

  63. 2008
  64. Published

    A mosaic of chemical coevolution in a large blue butterfly.

    Nash, David Richard, Als, T. D., Maile, R., Jones, G. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: Science. 319, 5859, p. 88-90 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  65. Published

    Antimicrobial defense shows an abrupt evolutionary transition in the fungus-growing ants

    Hughes, W. O. H., Pagliarini, R., Madsen, Henning Bang, Dijkstra, M. B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: Evolution. 62, 5, p. 1252-7 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  66. Published

    Co-evolution of enzyme function in the attine ant-fungus symbiosis

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearchpeer-review

  67. Published

    Communication between hosts and social parasites

    Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, Sociobiology of communication: an interdisciplinary perspective. d'Ettorre, P. & Hughes, D. P. (eds.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 55-79

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  68. Published

    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 conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  69. Published

    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. R294-5

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  70. Published

    Genetic royal cheats in leaf-cutting ant societies

    Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2008, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. 105, 13, p. 5150-3 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  71. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  72. Published

    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. 1892-1906

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  73. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  74. 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

  75. 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

  76. 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

  77. 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

  78. 2007
  79. Published

    Worker caste determination in the army ant Eciton burchellii

    Jaffé, R., Kronauer, D. J. C., Kraus, F. B., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Moritz, R. F. A., 22 Oct 2007, In: Biology Letters. 3, 5, p. 513-516 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  80. Published

    Multiple queens means fewer mates

    Kronauer, D. J. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 4 Sep 2007, In: Current Biology. 17, 17, p. R753-R755

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  81. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  82. 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

  83. Published

    Genetic polymorphism in leaf-cutting ants is phenotypically plastic

    Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 7 Jul 2007, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 274, 1618, p. 1625-1630 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  84. Published

    Characterization of 12 new microsatellite loci in Aenictus and Neivamyrmex army ants

    Kronauer, D. J. C., Gadau, J. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Jul 2007, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 7, 4, p. 688-690 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  85. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  86. Published

    Chemical mimicry in an incipient leaf-cutting ant social parasite

    Lambardi, D., Dani, F. R., Turillazzi, S. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., Apr 2007, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 61, 6, p. 843-851 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  87. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  88. 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

  89. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  90. 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

  91. Published

    A molecular phylogeny of Dorylus army ants provides evidence for multiple evolutionary transitions in foraging niche

    Kronauer, D. J. C., Schöning, C., Vilhelmsen, Lars & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 7, p. 56

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  92. Published

    Asymmetric interaction specificity between two sympatric termites and their fungal symbionts: -

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Aanen, D. K., 2007, In: Ecological Entomology. 32, 1, p. 76-81 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  93. Published

    Fungal enzymes in the attine ant symbiosis

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  94. Published

    Has substrate-dependent co-evolution of enzyme function occured in the attine ant-fungus symbiosis

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  95. Published

    Kin selection versus sexual selection: why the ends do not meet

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2007, In: Current Biology. 17, 16, p. R673-83

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  96. Published

    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. 115

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  97. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  98. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  99. 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

  100. 2006
  101. Published

    A reassessment of the mating system characteristics of the army ant Eciton burchellii

    Kronauer, D. J. C., Berghoff, S. M., Powell, S., Denny, A. J., Edwards, K. J., Franks, N. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Die Naturwissenschaften. 93, 8, p. 402-406

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  102. Published

    Are workers of Atta leafcutter ants capable of reproduction?

    Dijkstra, M. B. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Insectes Sociaux. 53, 2, p. 136-140

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  103. Published

    Coevolved crypts and exocrine glands support mutualistic bacteria in fungus-growing ants

    Currie, C. R., Poulsen, Michael, Mendenhall, J., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Billen, J., 2006, In: Science. 311, 5757, p. 81-83 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  104. Published

    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 conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  105. Published

    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. 349-355

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  106. Published

    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. 132-143

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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