Publications

Prum R.O, Samuelson L..  2016.  Mimicry Cycles, Traps, and Chains: The Coevolution of Toucan and Kiskadee Mimicry. American Naturalist. 187:753-764.

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Prum R.O, Berv J.S, Dornburg A., Field D.J, Townsend J.P, Lemmon E.M, Lemmon A.R.  2015.  A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing. Nature. 526:5pp..

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Berv J.S, Prum R.O.  2014.  A Comprehensive Multilocus Phylogeny of the Neotropical Cotingas (Cotingidae, Aves) with a Comparative Evolutionary Analysis of Breeding System and Plumage Dimorphism and a Revised Phylogenetic Classification.. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 81: 120-136. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.09.001 . 81:120-136.

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Prum R.O.  2014.  Interspecific social dominance mimicry in birds. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 172:Availableelectronically.

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Prum RO, LaFountain AM, Berg CJ, Tauber MJ, Frank HA.  2014.  Mechanism of carotenoid coloration in the brightly colored plumages of broadbills (Eurylaimidae).. Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 184(5):651-72.

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Brennan P.LR, Prum R.O.  2014.  Mechanisms and Evidence of Genital Coevolution: the Roles of Natural Selection, Mate Choice, and Sexual Conflict.. The Genetics and Biology of Sexual Conflict.. :385-405.

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Feo TJ, Prum RO.  2014.  Theoretical morphology and development of flight feather vane asymmetry with experimental tests in parrots.. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution . 322(4):240-55.

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LaFountain AM, Frank HA, Prum RO.  2013.  Carotenoids from the crimson and maroon plumages of Old World orioles (Oriolidae).. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 539(2):126-32.

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Prum R.O.  2013.  Coevolutionary aesthetics in human and biotic artworlds. Biology and Philosophy. 28:811-832.

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Vitek N.S, Vinther J., D. S.J, Briggs D.EG, Prum R.O.  2013.  Exceptional three-dimensional preservation and coloration of an originally iridescent fossil feather from the Middle Eocene Messel Oil Shale. . Paläontologische Zeitschrift . 87:493-503.

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Prum R.O, Torres R.H.  2013.  Fourier Blues: Structural coloration of biological tissues. . Excursions in Harmonic Analysis, Volume 2, Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. 2

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Stournaras K.E, Lo E., Böhning-Gaese K., Cazetta E., D. Dehling M, Schleuning M., Stoddard M.C, Donoghue M.J, Prum R.O, Schaefer H.M.  2013.  How colorful are fruits? Limited color diversity in fleshy fruits on a regional and global scale New Phytologist . 198:617-629.

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Clark CJ, Elias DO, Prum RO.  2013.  Hummingbird feather sounds are produced by aeroelastic flutter, not vortex-induced vibration.. J Exp Biol. 216(Pt 18):3395-403.

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LaFountain AM, Pacheco C, Prum RO, Frank HA.  2013.  Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of carotenoids from the burgundy plumage of the Pompadour Cotinga (Xipholena punicea).. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 539(2):133-41.

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Clark CJ, Elias DO, Girard MB, Prum RO.  2013.  Structural resonance and mode of flutter of hummingbird tail feathers.. Journal of Experimental Biology. 216(Pt 18):3404-13.

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Berg CJ, LaFountain AM, Prum RO, Frank HA, Tauber MJ.  2013.  Vibrational and electronic spectroscopy of the retro-carotenoid rhodoxanthin in avian plumage, solid-state films, and solution.. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 539(2):142-55.

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Prum R.O.  2012.  Aesthetic evolution by mate choice: Darwin's really dangerous idea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B. 367:2253–2265.

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Prum R.O, Samuelson L..  2012.  Evolution of Interspecific Social Dominance Mimicry Modeled by the "Hairy-Downy" Game. Journal of Theoretical Biology.

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Prum R.O, Samuelson L..  2012.  The Hairy-Downy game: a model of the evolution of interspecific social dominance mimicry. Journal of Theoretical Biology. (313)

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Kim M.K, Harvey T.A, Kittle D.S, Rushmeier H., Dorsey J., Prum R.O, Brady D.J.  2012.  Imaging Spectroscopy for Measuring 3D Hyperspectral Patterns on Solid Objects. ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2012) . 31:1-11.

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Brennan P.LR, Prum R.O.  2012.  The limits of sexual conflict in the narrow sense: new insights from waterfowl biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B. 367:2324-2338.

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Prum R.O, LaFountain A.M, Berro J., Stoddard M.C, Frank H.A.  2012.  Molecular diversity, metabolic transformation, and evolution of carotenoid feather pigments in cotingas (Aves:Cotingidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology B.

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Mendes-Pinto M.M, LaFountain A., Prum R.O, Frank H.A, Robert B.  2012.  Molecular factors controlling the coloration of canthaxanthin in bird feathers. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 9:3338-3350.

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Saranathan V., Forster J.D, Noh H., Liew S.F, Mochrie S.GJ, Cao H., Dufresne E.R, Prum R.O.  2012.  Structure and Optical Function of Amorphous Photonic Nanostructures from Avian Feather Barbs: A Comparative Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) Analysis of 229 Bird Species. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 9:2563-2580.

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Clark C.J, Elias D.O, Prum R.O.  2011.  Aeroelastic flutter produces hummingbird feather songs. Science. 330:1430-1433.

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