Publications
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2010. The evolution of black plumage from blue in Australian fair-wrens (Maluridae): genetic and structural evidence. Journal of Avian Biology. 41:505-514.
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2010. Explosive eversion and functional morphology of the duck penis supports sexual conflict in waterfowl genitalia. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B. (526.42 KB)
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2010. How Noniridescent Colors Are Generated by Quasi-ordered Structures of Bird Feathers. Advanced Materials. 22:2871-2880. (1.06 MB)
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2010. The Lande-Kirkpatrick mechanism is the null model of evolution by intersexual selection: implications for meaning, honesty, and design in intersexual signals. Evolution. 64:3085-3100. (233 KB)
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2010. Moulting tail feathers in a juvenile oviraptorisaur. Nature. (468) (154.53 KB)
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2010. Novel methoxy-carotenoids from the burgundy-colored plumage of the Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea. Achives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 504:142-153. (1.65 MB)
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2010. Structural coloration in a fossil feather. Biology Letters. 6:128-131. (1.37 MB)
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2010. Structure, function, and self-assembly of single network gyroid (I4132) photonic crystals in butterfly wing scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 107:11676-11681. (2.48 MB) (2.48 MB)
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2009. Development of the color producing beta-keratin nanostructures in avian feather barbs. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 6S:253-265. (1.3 MB)
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2009. Electron tomography, three-dimensional Fourier analysis and colour prediction of a three-dimensional amorphous biophotontic nanostructure. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 6S:213-220. (474.06 KB)
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2009. Self-assembly of amorphous biophotonic nanostructures by phase separation. Soft Matter. 5:1792-1795. (2.82 MB)
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2008. The colour of fossil feathers. Biology Letters. 4:522-525. (402.5 KB)
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2008. Evolution of Avian Plumage Color in a Tetrahedral Color Space: A Phylogenetic Analysis of New Word Buntings. American Naturalist. 171:755-776. (855.31 KB)
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2008. Independent evolutionary reductions of the phallus in basal birds. Journal of Avian Biology. 39:487-492. (205.61 KB)
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2008. Manakin display and visiting behavior: a comparative test of sensory drive. Animal Behaviour. 75:783-790. (377.36 KB)
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2008. Whose your daddy? Science. 322:1799-1800. (545.99 KB)
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2007. Coevolution of male and female genital morphology in waterfowl. PLoS One. 2:e418. (182.57 KB)
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2007. Genetic evidence support song learning in the three-wattled bellbird Procnias tricarunculata (Cotingidae). Molecular Ecology. 16:3689-3702. (410.48 KB)
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2007. A molecular phylogeny of the cotingas (Aves: Cotingidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42:25-37. (824.72 KB)
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2006. Anatomically diverse butterfly scales all produce structural colours by coherent scattering. Journal of Experimental Biology. 209:749-765. (2.02 MB)
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2006. Anatomy, physics, and evolution of avian structural colors. Bird Coloration, Volume 1 Mechanisms and Measurements. 1:295-353.
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2006. Higher-level phylogeny and morphological evolution of tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins, and their allies (Aves: Tyrannida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 40:471-483. (1.59 MB)
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2006. Phylogeny and evolutionary history of the Old World suboscine birds (Aves: Eurylaimides). American Museum Novitates. 3544:1-22. (683.7 KB)
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2005. Evolution of the morphological innovations of feathers. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution. 304B:570-579. (421.44 KB)
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2005. Molecular evidence for activator-inhibitor mechanism in development of embryonic feather branching. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USAProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 102:11734-11739. (2.03 MB)
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