Publications
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2011. Colour-producing β-keratin nanofibres in blue penguin (Eudyptula minor) feathers. Biology Letters. 
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2011. The erection mechanism of the ratie penis. Journal of Zoology. 286:140-144.. (1.17 MB)
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2011. How colorful are birds? Evolution of the avian plumage color gamut Behavioral Ecology. (883.5 KB) (558.87 KB)
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2011. Short-range order and near-field effects on optical scattering and structural coloration. Optics Express. 19:8208-8217. (4.22 MB)
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2010. Biomimetic isotropic nanostructures for structural coloration. Advanced Materials. 22:2939-2944. (1001.09 KB)
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2010. Contribution of double scattering to structural coloration in quasiordered nanostructures of bird feathers. Physical Review E. 81:051923. (457.77 KB)
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2010. Double scattering of light from Biophotonic Nanostructures with short-range order. Optics Express. 18:11942-11948. (462.17 KB)
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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. (352.82 KB)
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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. Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur. Science. (327) (676.46 KB)
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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. Leonardo da Vinci and the science of bird flight. Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings from the Biblioteca Reale in Turin. (713.08 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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