Koos Boomsma

Research output

Research output per year 1998 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 2019

• 239 Journal article
• 9 Conference abstract for conference
• 6 Poster
• 5 Book chapter
• 11 More
  • 4 Comment/debate
  • 3 Review
  • 2 Literature review
  • 1 Report chapter
  • 1 Letter

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2019

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

  Howe, J., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 5 Apr 2019, In: Behavioral Ecology. 30, 2, p. 372-382

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • mutualism 100%
  • cultivar 92%
  • ant 87%
  • Formicidae 65%
  • fungus 64%
  2 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., 1 Nov 2019, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 12, 6, p. 467-480 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • cryptic speciation 100%
  • Myrmica 99%
  • species complex 89%
  • phylogeography 87%
  • Formicidae 59%
  7 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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ants 100%
  • Spermatozoa 67%
  • Sperm Preservation 42%
  • Protein 29%
  • Proteins 26%
  9 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., Sept 2019, In: eLife. 8, 27 p., e45009.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • RNA Sequencing 100%
  • Artificial Insemination 90%
  • Paternity 88%
  • Light Signal Transduction 86%
  • Electroretinography 80%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

• 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.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ants 100%
  • ant 85%
  • Microbiota 71%
  • microbiome 70%
  • Fungi 65%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  52 Downloads (Pure)

• 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., Apr 2019, In: Animal Behaviour. 150, p. 239-254

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • nestmate recognition 100%
  • leaf-cutting ants 91%
  • ant 78%
  • symbiosis 77%
  • social behavior 65%
  15 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.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Adenoids 100%
  • Palatine Tonsil 87%
  • Communicable Diseases 64%
  • Adenoidectomy 51%
  • Tonsillectomy 46%
  33 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., 1 Dec 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 11 p., 2208.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Chemical Warfare 100%
  • chemical warfare 97%
  • fungi 82%
  • pathogens 80%
  • Ants 79%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

  54 Downloads (Pure)

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

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ants 100%
  • leaf-cutting ants 99%
  • storage organs 94%
  • ant 85%
  • sperm 85%
  3 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., Dec 2018, In: JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 144, 12, p. 1188-1189

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review

• 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., 1 Jun 2018, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, 6, p. 1009-1018

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • monogamy 100%
  • sterility 82%
  • ambrosia beetles 81%
  • sperm 66%
  • beetle 62%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

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

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Tenericutes 100%
  • Ants 82%
  • Fungi 53%
  • Strain 41%
  • Occupational Groups 25%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  64 Downloads (Pure)

• 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., Aug 2018, In: Myrmecological News. 27, p. 33-45

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Acromyrmex echinatior 100%
  • leaf-cutting ants 77%
  • alloparental behavior 71%
  • queen insects 59%
  • Formicidae 49%

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

  Liberti, J., Baer, B. & Boomsma, J. J., 23 Mar 2018, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18, 12 p., 28.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • motility 100%
  • ant 98%
  • sperm 97%
  • sperm motility 85%
  • Formicidae 73%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  44 Downloads (Pure)

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

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review

  • caste determination 100%
  • Sociobiology 66%
  • Social Class 64%
  • translation (genetics) 59%
  • eukaryotic cells 58%
  72 Citations (Scopus)

  63 Downloads (Pure)

• 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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review

  • chemical interactions 100%
  • Formicidae 66%
  • Hymenoptera 61%
  • Actinobacteria 36%
  • gardens 36%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  40 Downloads (Pure)

• 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., 1 Nov 2018, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2, 11, p. 1782-1791

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • caste 100%
  • caste determination 98%
  • ant 79%
  • gene regulatory networks 75%
  • brain 61%
  16 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.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Wolbachia 100%
  • Ants 91%
  • Tenericutes 74%
  • Occupational Groups 47%
  • Bacteria 45%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

  90 Downloads (Pure)

• 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., 1 Oct 2017, In: Myrmecological News. 25, p. 61-66 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review

  13 Citations (Scopus)

  28 Downloads (Pure)

• 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.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • pre-eclampsia 100%
  • child health 99%
  • Pre-Eclampsia 64%
  • Child Health 64%
  • Disorder 55%
  52 Downloads (Pure)
• 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., 6 May 2016, In: BMC Microbiology. 16, 9 p., 81.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • xyloglucan endo(1-4)-beta-D-glucanase 100%
  • Gardens 66%
  • Ants 64%
  • Fungi 42%
  • Plant Cells 36%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  77 Downloads (Pure)

• 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., 16 Nov 2016, In: Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences. 283, 1842, 8 p., 20161303.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • biofilm 100%
  • cell differentiation 97%
  • yeast 96%
  • Biofilms 96%
  • Cell Differentiation 80%
  10 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.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research › peer-review

  • Genetic Selection 100%
  • Lighting 85%
  • Book Selection 82%
  • natural selection 72%
  • Illumination 68%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• 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.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ants 100%
  • Multigene Family 78%
  • Nystatin 59%
  • Genome 49%
  • Depsipeptides 23%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  161 Downloads (Pure)

• 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., 6 Sept 2016, In: National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings. 113, 36, p. 10121-10126 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ants 100%
  • Farmers 84%
  • Agriculture 66%
  • Fungi 65%
  • Agaricales 54%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Queen reproductive tract secretions enhance sperm motility in ants

  Liberti, J., Baer, B. & Boomsma, J. J., 1 Nov 2016, In: Biology Letters. 12, 11, 5 p., 20160722.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ants 100%
  • Sperm Motility 86%
  • queen insects 77%
  • sperm motility 74%
  • Spermatozoa 67%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  52 Downloads (Pure)

• 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., 20 Jul 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 9 p., 12233.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • symbiosis 100%
  • fungi 86%
  • Ants 83%
  • Symbiosis 82%
  • genome 78%
  61 Citations (Scopus)

  156 Downloads (Pure)

• 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., 1 Sept 2016, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 85, 5, p. 1210-1221 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • pupa 100%
  • ant 78%
  • infection 61%
  • pupae 60%
  • Formicidae 58%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  63 Downloads (Pure)

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

  Howe, J., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 18 May 2016, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 4, 55, 12 p., 55.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Acromyrmex echinatior 100%
  • caste 83%
  • leaf-cutting ants 77%
  • aggression 70%
  • ant 66%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  82 Downloads (Pure)

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

  Boomsma, J. J., 1 Apr 2016, In: Functional Ecology. 30, 4, p. 504-505 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2015

  Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants have simple gut microbiota with nitrogen-fixing potential

  Sapountzis, P., Zhukova, M., Hansen, L. H., Sørensen, S. J., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 2015, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81, 16, p. 5527-5537 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Rhizobiales 100%
  • Entomoplasmatales 93%
  • Ants 89%
  • ant 76%
  • Isoptera 66%
  50 Citations (Scopus)

  124 Downloads (Pure)

• A genomic comparison of two termites with different social complexity

  Korb, J., Thomas-Poulsen, M., Hu, H., Li, C., Boomsma, J. J., Zhang, G. & Liebig, J., 2015, In: Frontiers in Genetics. 6, 12 p., 9.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Isoptera 100%
  • Ants 26%
  • Social Class 18%
  • Symbiosis 13%
  • Military Personnel 10%
  28 Citations (Scopus)

  518 Downloads (Pure)

• Ant sperm storage organs do not have phenoloxidase constitutive immune activity

  Dávila, F., Cherasse, S., Boomsma, J. J. & Aron, S., 1 Jul 2015, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 78, p. 9-14 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ants 100%
  • storage organs 94%
  • Monophenol Monooxygenase 91%
  • monophenol monooxygenase 87%
  • Spermatozoa 67%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Bacterial symbiont sharing in Megalomyrmex social parasites and their fungus-growing ant hosts

  Liberti, J., Sapountzis, P., Hansen, L. H., Sørensen, S. J., Adams, R. M. M. & Boomsma, J. J., 1 Jun 2015, In: Molecular Ecology. 24, 12, p. 3151-3169 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Entomoplasmatales 100%
  • Ants 95%
  • Bartonellaceae 89%
  • symbiont 83%
  • ant 81%
  25 Citations (Scopus)

  99 Downloads (Pure)

• Evolutionarily advanced ant farmers rear polyploid fungal crops

  Kooij, P. W., Aanen, D. K., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., Nov 2015, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 28, 11, p. 1911-1924 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • ant 100%
  • symbiont 84%
  • polyploidy 83%
  • Formicidae 74%
  • fungus 73%
  27 Citations (Scopus)

  71 Downloads (Pure)

• Functional role of phenylacetic acid from metapleural gland secretions in controlling fungal pathogens in evolutionarily derived leaf-cutting ants

  Fernández-Marín, H., Nash, D. R., Higginbotham, S., Estrada, C., van Zweden, J. S., D'Ettorre, P., Wcislo, W. T. & Boomsma, J. J., 22 May 2015, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282, 1807, 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • phenylacetic acid 100%
  • Ants 90%
  • leaf-cutting ants 89%
  • Phenylacetic Acid 85%
  • functional role 82%
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• Integration strategies of a leaf-cutting ant social parasite

  Nehring, V., Dani, F. R., Turillazzi, S., Boomsma, J. J. & D'Ettorre, P., 1 Oct 2015, In: Animal Behaviour. 108, p. 55-65 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • leaf-cutting ants 100%
  • ant 85%
  • parasite 73%
  • queen insects 51%
  • parasites 49%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

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

  Andersen, S. B., Yek, S. H., Nash, D. R. & Boomsma, J. J., 2015, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15, 13 p., 27.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Pseudonocardia 100%
  • leaf-cutting ants 85%
  • ant 73%
  • phylotype 66%
  • Formicidae 54%
  19 Citations (Scopus)

  368 Downloads (Pure)

• Jacobus (Koos) Boomsma

  Boomsma, J. J., 29 Jun 2015, In: Current Biology. 25, 13, p. R532-R534 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › Research

  • Ants 100%
  • Formicidae 63%

• Policing and punishment across the domains of social evolution

  Singh, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 1 Aug 2015, In: Oikos. 124, 8, p. 971-982 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • inclusive fitness 100%
  • society 56%
  • vertebrate 40%
  • animal 29%
  • fitness 28%
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Somatic incompatibility and genetic structure of fungal crops in sympatric Atta colombica and Acromyrmex echinatior leaf-cutting ants

  Kooij, P. W., Thomas-Poulsen, M., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., Dec 2015, In: Fungal Ecology. 18, p. 10-17 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Acromyrmex echinatior 100%
  • Atta colombica 97%
  • somatic incompatibility 95%
  • leaf-cutting ants 77%
  • incompatibility 69%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• The ejaculatory biology of leafcutter ants

  den Boer, S., Stürup, M., Boomsma, J. J. & Baer, B., 1 Mar 2015, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 74, p. 56-62 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Ants 100%
  • Spermatozoa 67%
  • Formicidae 63%
  • Biological Sciences 52%
  • secretion 50%
  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  Caste-specific RNA editomes in the leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex echinatior

  Li, Q., Wang, Z., Lian, J., Schiøtt, M., Jin, L., Zhang, P., Zhang, Y., Nygaard, S., Peng, Z., Zhou, Y., Deng, Y., Zhang, W., Boomsma, J. J. & Zhang, G., 2014, In: Nature Communications. 5, 11 p., 4943.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • editing 100%
  • Ants 94%
  • leaves 71%
  • RNA Editing 71%
  • Social Class 65%
  31 Citations (Scopus)

  2993 Downloads (Pure)

• Complementary symbiont contributions to plant decomposition in a fungus-farming termite

  Thomas-Poulsen, M., Hu, H., Li, C., Chen, Z., Xu, L., Otani, S., Nygaard, S., Nobre, T., Klaubauf, S., Schindler, P. M., Hauser, F., Pan, H., Yang, Z., Sonnenberg, A. S. M., de Beer, Z. W., Zhang, Y., Wingfield, M. J., Grimmelikhuijzen, C., de Vries, R. P., Korb, J., & 4 othersAanen, D. K., Wang, J., Boomsma, J. J. & Zhang, G., 7 Oct 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111, 40, 6 p., 14500-14505.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Termitomyces 100%
  • Isoptera 83%
  • Agriculture 56%
  • Fungi 44%
  • Symbiosis 33%
  123 Citations (Scopus)

• Convergent development of ecological, genetic, and morphological traits in native supercolonies of the red ant Myrmica rubra

  Huszár, D. B., Larsen, R. S., Carlsen, S., Boomsma, J. J. & Pedersen, J. S., Nov 2014, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 68, 11, p. 1859-1870 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Solenopsis geminata 100%
  • Myrmica rubra 99%
  • ecological genetics 90%
  • genetic traits 79%
  • ant 75%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Differences in forage-acquisition and fungal enzyme activity contribute to niche segregation in Panamanian leaf-cutting ants

  Kooij, P. W., Liberti, J., Giampoudakis, K., Schiøtt, M. & Boomsma, J. J., 9 Apr 2014, In: PLOS ONE. 9, 4, 9 p., e94284.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Enzyme activity 100%
  • Atta 91%
  • Niche 90%
  • fungal enzymes 86%
  • Ants 85%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  4971 Downloads (Pure)

• Evolution: sympatric speciation the eusocial way

  Boomsma, J. J. & Nash, D. R., 8 Sept 2014, In: Current biology : CB. 24, 17, p. R798-R800 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • sympatric speciation 100%
  • Inbreeding 99%
  • Ants 97%
  • ecological differentiation 83%
  • Ecosystem 77%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  600 Downloads (Pure)

• Evolutionary interaction networks of insect pathogenic fungi

  Boomsma, J. J., Jensen, A. B., Meyling, N. V. & Eilenberg, J., Jan 2014, In: Annual Review of Entomology. 59, p. 467-485 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • insect 100%
  • fungus 92%
  • pathology 78%
  • Ascosphaera 66%
  • insects 66%
  93 Citations (Scopus)

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

  Otani, S., Mikaelyan, A., Nobre, T., Hansen, L. H., Koné, NG. A., Sørensen, S. J., Aanen, D. K., Boomsma, J. J., Brune, A. & Thomas-Poulsen, M., 2014, In: Molecular Ecology. 23, 18, p. 4631–4644 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Isoptera 100%
  • termite 77%
  • Microbiota 57%
  • microbial communities 55%
  • Fungi 52%
  90 Citations (Scopus)

• Leucoagaricus gongylophorus uses leaf-cutting ants to vector proteolytic enzymes towards new plant substrate

  Kooij, P. W., Rogowska-Wrzesinska, A., Hoffmann, D., Roepstorff, P., Boomsma, J. J. & Schiøtt, M., May 2014, In: I S M E Journal. 8, p. 1032-1040 9 p.

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  • Leucoagaricus 100%
  • Ants 82%
  • leaf-cutting ants 82%
  • ant 70%
  • aspartic proteinases 62%
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