Jacobus J. Boomsma

Jacobus J. Boomsma

Professor


  1. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. 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

  3. Published

    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 journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  4. 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

  5. Published

    Foreword

    Gawne, R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2022, The Individual in the Animal Kingdom. MIT Press, 32 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  6. 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

  7. Published

    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. 63-66

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    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 journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 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

  10. Published

    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. 101-106

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. 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

  12. Published

    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. 1251-1260

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    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. 115-144

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. Published

    Genome analysis of two Pseudonocardia phylotypes associated with Acromyrmex leafcutter ants reveals their biosynthetic potential

    Holmes, N. A., Innocent, T. M., Heine, D., Al Bassam, M., Worsley, S. F., Trottmann, F., Patrick, E. H., Yu, D. W., Murrell, J. C., Schiøtt, M., Wilkinson, B., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Hutchings, M. I., 26 Dec 2016, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 7, 16 p., 2073.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Geographical variation in host-ant sepcificity of the parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon in Denmark

    Als, T. D., Nash, D. R. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Ecological Entomology. 27, p. 403-414

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  20. Published

    Geographical variation in host-ant specificity of the parasitic butterfly Maculinea alcon in Denmark

    Als, T. D., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1 Aug 2002, In: Ecological Entomology. 27, p. 403-414 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. 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

  22. Published

    Group-specific polymerase chain reaction amplification of SSU rRNA-encoding gene fragments from 12 microbial taxa

    Van Borm, S. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2002, In: Molecular Ecology Notes. 2, p. 356-359

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Hairs distinguish castes and sexes: identifying the early ontogenetic building blocks of a fungus-farming superorganism (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

    Adams, R. M. M., Larsen, Rasmus Stenbak, Stylianidi, N., Cheung, D., Qiu, Bitao, Murray, S. K., KU, thw266 & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2021, In: Myrmecological News. 31, p. 201-216 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Hamilton's rule generalized. Foundations of Social Evolution, S.A. Frank

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 1999, In: Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 14, p. 121

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. 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

  26. Published

    Hatching asynchrony in Linnets: the effects of nest predation and food demand of nestlings

    Drachmann, J., Als, T. D. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2000, In: Ornis Fennica. 77, p. 155-167

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. Published

    Horizontal partner exchange does not preclude stable mutualism in fungus-growing ants

    Howe, Jack, Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2019, In: Behavioral Ecology. 30, 2, p. 372-382

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. 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

  33. Published

    Identifying the core microbial community in the gut of fungus-growing termites

    Otani, S., Mikaelyan, A., Nobre, T., Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg, Koné, N. A., Sørensen, Søren Johannes, Aanen, D. K., Boomsma, Jacobus J., Brune, A. & Poulsen, Michael, 2014, In: Molecular Ecology. 23, 18, p. 4631–4644 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. 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

  35. Published

    Incomplete lineage sorting and phenotypic evolution in marsupials

    Feng, S., Bai, M., Rivas-González, I., Li, C., Liu, S., Tong, Y., Yang, H., Chen, G., Xie, D., Sears, K. E., Franco, L. M., Gaitan-Espitia, J. D., Nespolo, R. F., Johnson, W. E., Yang, H., Brandies, P. A., Hogg, C. J., Belov, K., Renfree, M. B., Helgen, K. M. & 3 others, Boomsma, Jacobus J., Schierup, M. H. & KU, thw266, 2022, In: Cell. 185, 10, p. 1646-1660.e18

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Informational constraints on optimal sex allocation in ants

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Nielsen, J., Sundström, L., Oldham, N. J., Tentschert, J., Petersen, H. C. & Morgan, E. D., 2003, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. Vol. 100, no. 15, p. 8799-8804

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Insular biogeography and distribution ecology of ants on the Frisian islands.

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., Mabelis, A. A., Verbeek, M. G. M. & Los, E. C., 1987, In: Journal of Biogeography. 14, 1, p. 21-37 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Integration strategies of a leaf-cutting ant social parasite

    Nehring, V., Dani, F. R., Turillazzi, S., Boomsma, Jacobus J. & D'Ettorre, P., 2015, In: Animal Behaviour. 108, p. 55-65 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Interaction specificity between leaf-cutting ants and vertically transmitted Pseudonocardia bacteria

    Andersen, Sandra Breum, Yek, S. H., Nash, David Richard & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15, 13 p., 27.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Intraspecific variation in ant sex ratios and the Trivers-Hare hypothesis

    Boomsma, Jacobus J. & Grafen, A., 1990, In: Evolution. 44, 4, p. 1026-1034 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Jacobus (Koos) Boomsma

    Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2015, In: Current Biology. 25, 13, p. R532-R534 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearch

  42. 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

  43. Published

    Laccase detoxification mediates the nutritional alliance between leaf-cutting ants and fungus-garden symbionts.

    de Fine Licht, Henrik Hjarvard, Schiøtt, M., Rogowska-Wrzesinska, A., Nygaard, S., Roepstorff, P. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2013, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 2, p. 583-587 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. Published
  47. Published

    Lack of patriline-specific differences in chemical composition of the metapleural gland secretion in Acromyrmex octospinosus

    Ortius-Lechner, D., Maile, R., Morgan, E. D., Petersen, H. C. & Boomsma, Jacobus J., 2003, In: Insectes Sociaux. Vol. 50, no. 2, p. 113-119

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

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