Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. 2005
  2. Published

    Varying degrees of Apis mellifera ligustica introgression in protected populations of the black honeybee, Apis mellifera mellifera, in northwest Europe

    Jensen, Annette Bruun, Palmer, K. A., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Pedersen, B. V., 2005, In: Molecular Ecology. 14, 1, p. 93-106 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. 2006
  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Published

    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. 163-179

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Heritability of sperm length in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris

    Baer, B., de Jong, G., Schmid-Hempel, R., Schmid-Hempel, P., Høeg, Jens Thorvald & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Genetica. 127, 1-3, p. 11-23 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    High recombination frequency creates genotypic diversity in colonies of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

    Sirviö, A., Gadau, J., Rueppell, O., Lamatsch, D., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Pamilo, P. & Page Jr., R. E., 2006, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 19, 5, p. 1475-1485

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Last words on narrow roads

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 21, 12, p. 664-665

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewCommunication

  15. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Muscling out malaria

    Hughes, D. P. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 21, 10, p. 533-534

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    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. 3131-3138

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    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. 303-308

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Social-insect fungus farming

    Aanen, D. K. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2006, In: Current Biology. 16, 24, p. R1014-R1016

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. 2007
  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 2008
  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. 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

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