Jacobus J. Boomsma

Research output

Research output per year 1980 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 2024

• 14710 Citations
• 279 Journal article
• 9 Conference abstract for conference
• 7 Book chapter
• 6 Poster
• 14 More
  • 4 Comment/debate
  • 3 Review
  • 2 Letter
  • 2 Literature review
  • 1 Book
  • 1 Report chapter
  • 1 Editorial

Research output per year

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• 2024

  From the inside out: Were the cuticular Pseudonocardia bacteria of fungus-farming ants originally domesticated as gut symbionts?

  Innocent, T. M., Sapountzis, P., Zhukova, M., Poulsen, M., Schiøtt, M., Nash, D. R. & Boomsma, J. J., 2024, In: PNAS Nexus. 3, 10, 12 p., pgae391.

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• Juvenile hormone as a key regulator for asymmetric caste differentiation in ants

  Li, R., Dai, X., Zheng, J., Larsen, R. S., Qi, Y., Zhang, X., Vizueta, J., Boomsma, J. J., Liu, W. & Zhang, G., 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 46, 12 p., e2406999121.

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• 2022

  A single-cell transcriptomic atlas tracking the neural basis of division of labour in an ant superorganism

  Li, Q., Wang, M., Zhang, P., Liu, Y., Guo, Q., Zhu, Y., Wen, T., Dai, X., Zhang, X., Nagel, M., Dethlefsen, B. H., Xie, N., Zhao, J., Jiang, W., Han, L., Wu, L., Zhong, W., Wang, Z., Wei, X., Dai, W. & 9 others, Liu, L., Xu, X., Lu, H., Yang, H., Wang, J., Boomsma, J. J., Liu, C., Zhang, G. & Liu, W., 2022, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6, 8, p. 1191-1204

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  21 Citations (Scopus)

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• Canalized gene expression during development mediates caste differentiation in ants

  Qiu, B., Dai, X., Li, P., Larsen, R. S., Li, R., Price, A. L., Ding, G., Texada, M. J., Zhang, X., Zuo, D., Gao, Q., Jiang, W., Wen, T., Pontieri, L., Guo, C., Rewitz, K., Li, Q., Liu, W., Boomsma, J. J. & Zhang, G., 2022, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 6, 11, p. 1753-1765

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• Domains and Major Transitions of Social Evolution

  Boomsma, J. J., 2022, Oxford University Press. 296 p.

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  19 Citations (Scopus)

• Foreword

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

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• 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, J. J., Schierup, M. H. & Zhang, G., 2022, In: Cell. 185, 10, p. 1646-1660.e18

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  52 Citations (Scopus)

• Lifetime Commitment between Social Insect Families and Their Fungal Cultivars Complicates Comparisons with Human Farming

  Boomsma, K., 2022, The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects. Schultz, T. R., Gawne, R. & Peregrine, P. N. (eds.). MIT Press, 13 p.

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• Phylogenomic analysis and metabolic role reconstruction of mutualistic Rhizobiales hindgut symbionts of Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants

  Zhukova, M., Sapountzis, P., Schiott, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 2022, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 98, 9, 13 p., fiac084.

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  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Sperm Storage Costs Determine Survival and Immunocompetence in Newly Mated Queens of the Leaf-Cutting Ant Atta colombica

  Baer-Imhoof, B., den Boer, S. P. A., Boomsma, J. J. & Baer, B., 2022, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 10 p., 759183.

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

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• 2021

  Competition-based screening helps to secure the evolutionary stability of a defensive microbiome

  Worsley, S. F., Innocent, T. M., Holmes, N. A., Al-Bassam, M. M., Schiøtt, M., Wilkinson, B., Murrell, J. C., Boomsma, J. J., Yu, D. W. & Hutchings, M. I., 2021, In: BMC Biology. 19, 20 p., 205.

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  15 Citations (Scopus)

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

  Adams, R. M. M., Larsen, R. S., Stylianidi, N., Cheung, D., Qiu, B., Murray, S. K., Zhang, G. & Boomsma, J. J., 2021, In: Myrmecological News. 31, p. 201-216 16 p.

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  4 Citations (Scopus)

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• Nutritional niches reveal fundamental domestication trade-offs in fungus-farming ants

  Shik, J. Z., Kooij, P. W., Donoso, D. A., Santos, J. C., Gomez, E. B., Franco, M., Crumière, A. J. J., Arnan, X., Howe, J., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, J. J., 2021, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5, 1, p. 122-134

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  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Proteomics reveals synergy between biomass degrading enzymes and inorganic Fenton chemistry in leaf-cutting ant colonies

  Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 2021, In: eLife. 10, 21 p., e61816.

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  9 Citations (Scopus)

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• Queens of the inquiline social parasite Acromyrmex insinuator can join nest-founding queens of its host, the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

  Howe, J., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 2021, In: Insectes Sociaux. 68, 2-3, p. 255-260 6 p.

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• Relaxed selection underlies genome erosion in socially parasitic ant species

  Schrader, L., Pan, H., Bollazzi, M., Schiøtt, M., Larabee, F. J., Bi, X., Deng, Y., Zhang, G., Boomsma, J. J. & Rabeling, C., 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 13 p., 2918.

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  28 Citations (Scopus)

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• 2020

  A novel method for using RNA-seq data to identify imprinted genes in social Hymenoptera with multiply mated queens

  Howe, J., Schiøtt, M., Li, Q., Wang, Z., Zhang, G. & Boomsma, J. J., 2020, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33, 12, p. 1770-1782 13 p.

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  3 Citations (Scopus)

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• The evolution of multicellular complexity: the role of relatedness and environmental constraints

  Fisher, R. M., Shik, J. Z. & Boomsma, J. J., 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1931, 8 p., 20192963.

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  21 Citations (Scopus)

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• The gene expression network regulating queen brain remodeling after insemination and its parallel use in ants with reproductive workers

  Nagel, M., Qiu, B., Brandenborg, L. E., Larsen, R. S., Ning, D., Boomsma, J. J. & Zhang, G., 2020, In: Science Advances. 6, 38, 17 p., eaaz5772.

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  17 Citations (Scopus)

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• Tracking the narrow roads of gene land

  Boomsma, J. J., 2020, In: Insectes Sociaux. 67, 1, p. 7-10 4 p.

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• 2019

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

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

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  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Phylogeography and cryptic speciation in the Myrmica scabrinodis NYLANDER, 1846 species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and their conservation implications

  Ebsen, J. R., Boomsma, J. J. & Nash, D. R., 2019, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 12, 6, p. 467-480 14 p.

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  10 Citations (Scopus)

• Protein-level interactions as mediators of sexual conflict in ants

  Dosselli, R., Grassl, J., den Boer, S. P. A., Kratz, M., Moran, J. M., Boomsma, J. J. & Baer, B., 2019, In: Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 18, Suppl. 1, p. S34-S45

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  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Seminal fluid compromises visual perception in honeybee queens reducing their survival during additional mating flights

  Liberti, J., Görner, J., Welch, M., Dosselli, R., Schiøtt, M., Ogawa, Y., Castleden, I., Hemmi, J. M., Baer-Imhoof, B., Boomsma, J. J. & Baer, B., 2019, In: eLife. 8, 27 p., e45009.

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• The evolution of abdominal microbiomes in fungus-growing ants

  Sapountzis, P., Nash, D. R., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 2019, In: Molecular Ecology. 28, 4, p. 879-899 21 p.

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  27 Citations (Scopus)

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• 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, S. J., Wenseleers, T., Poulsen, M., Boomsma, J. J. & Sapountzis, P., 2019, In: Animal Behaviour. 150, p. 239-254

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  34 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Association of Long-term Risk of Respiratory, Allergic, and Infectious Diseases With Removal of Adenoids and Tonsils in Childhood

  Byars, S. G., Stearns, S. C. & Boomsma, J. J., Jul 2018, In: J A M A Otolaryngology. Head & Neck Surgery. 144, 7, p. 594-603 10 p.

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  73 Citations (Scopus)

• Chemical warfare between leafcutter ant symbionts and a co-evolved pathogen

  Heine, D., Holmes, N. A., Worsley, S. F., Santos, A. C. A., Innocent, T. M., Scherlach, K., Patrick, E. H., Yu, D. W., Murrell, J. C., Vieria, P. C., Boomsma, J. J., Hertweck, C., Hutchings, M. I. & Wilkinson, B., 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 11 p., 2208.

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• Differential immune gene expression in sperm storage organs of leaf-cutting ants

  Cherasse, S., Baer, B., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 2018, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 221, 6, 11 p., jeb173435.

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  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Limitations to the Association of Risk of Airway Disease with Removal of Adenoids and Tonsils in Children - Reply

  Byars, S. G., Stearns, S. C. & Boomsma, J. J., 2018, In: JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 144, 12, p. 1188-1189

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  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Monogamous sperm storage and permanent worker sterility in a long-lived ambrosia beetle

  Smith, S. M., Kent, D. S., Boomsma, J. J. & Stow, A. J., 2018, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, 6, p. 1009-1018

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  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Reconstructing the functions of endosymbiotic Mollicutes in fungus-growing ants

  Sapountzis, P., Zhukova, M., Shik, J. Z., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 2018, In: eLife. 7, p. 1-31 e39209.

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• Reconstructing the relatedness of cooperatively breeding queens in the Panamanian leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

  Nehring, V., Dijkstra, M. B., Sumner, S., Hughes, W. O. H. & Boomsma, J. J., 2018, In: Myrmecological News. 27, p. 33-45

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  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Rival seminal fluid induces enhanced sperm motility in a polyandrous ant

  Liberti, J., Baer, B. & Boomsma, J. J., 2018, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18, 12 p., 28.

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• Superorganismality and caste differentiation as points of no return: how the major evolutionary transitions were lost in translation

  Boomsma, J. J. & Gawne, R., 2018, In: Biological Reviews. 93, 1, p. 28-54 27 p.

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• 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, J. J. & Holmes, N. A., Aug 2018, In: Myrmecological News. 27, p. 59-74

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  9 Citations (Scopus)

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• Towards reconstructing the ancestral brain gene-network regulating caste differentiation in ants

  Qiu, B., Larsen, R. S., Chang, N-C., Wang, J., Boomsma, J. J. & Zhang, G., 2018, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, 11, p. 1782-1791

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  35 Citations (Scopus)
• 2017

  Diversity and transmission of gut bacteria in Atta and Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants during development

  Zhukova, M., Sapountzis, P., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 10 Oct 2017, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 8, 14 p., 1942.

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• The Global Ant Genomics Alliance (GAGA)

  Boomsma, J. J., Brady, S. G., Dunn, R. R., Gadau, J., Heinze, J., Keller, L., Moreau, C. S., Sanders, N., Schrader, L., Schultz, T. R., Sundström, L., Ward, P. S., Wcislo, W. T. & Zhang, G., Oct 2017, In: Myrmecological News. 25, p. 61-66 6 p.

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• Time from pre-eclampsia diagnosis to delivery affects future health prospects of children

  Hollegaard, B., Lykke, J. A. & Boomsma, J. J., 2017, In: Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health. 2017, 1, p. 53-66 14 p.

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• 2016

  Ant mediated redistribution of a xyloglucanase enzyme in fungus gardens of Acromyrmex echinatior

  Kooij, P. W., Pullens, J. W. M., Boomsma, J. J. & Schiøtt, M., 2016, In: BMC Microbiology. 16, 9 p., 81.

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  12 Citations (Scopus)

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• Clonal yeast biofilms can reap competitive advantages through cell differentiation without being obligatorily multicellular

  Regenberg, B., Hanghøj, K. E., Andersen, K. S. & Boomsma, J. J., 2016, In: Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences. 283, 1842, 8 p., 20161303.

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  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Fifty years of illumination about the natural levels of adaptation

  Boomsma, J. J., 2016, In: Current Biology. 26, 24, p. R1250-R1255 6 p.

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• 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, J. J. & Hutchings, M. I., 26 Dec 2016, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 7, 16 p., 2073.

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• Nutrition mediates the expression of cultivar-farmer conflict in a fungus-growing ant

  Shik, J. Z., Gomez, E. B., Kooij, P. W., Santos, J. C., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, J. J., 2016, In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 113, 36, p. 10121-10126 6 p.

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  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Queen reproductive tract secretions enhance sperm motility in ants

  Liberti, J., Baer, B. & Boomsma, J. J., 2016, In: Biology Letters. 12, 11, 5 p., 20160722.

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• Reciprocal genomic evolution in the ant-fungus agricultural symbiosis

  Nygaard, S., Hu, H., Li, C., Schiøtt, M., Chen, Z., Yang, Z., Xie, Q., Ma, C., Deng, Y., Dikow, R. B., Rabeling, C., Nash, D. R., Wcislo, W. T., Brady, S. G., Schultz, T. R., Zhang, G. & Boomsma, J. J., 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 9 p., 12233.

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• Slowing them down will make them lose: a role for attine ant crop fungus in defending pupae against infections?

  Armitage, S. A. O., Fernández-Marín, H., Boomsma, J. J. & Wcislo, W. T., 2016, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 85, 5, p. 1210-1221 12 p.

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• Tachykinin expression levels correlate with caste-specific aggression in workers of the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

  Howe, J., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 2016, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 4, 55, 12 p., 55.

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• When every sperm is sacred: the emergence and decline of superorganismal chimeras

  Boomsma, J. J., 2016, In: Functional Ecology. 30, 4, p. 504-505 2 p.

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