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Richard O. Prum

Researcher at American Museum of Natural History

Publications -  151
Citations -  17775

Richard O. Prum is an academic researcher from American Museum of Natural History. The author has contributed to research in topics: Feather & Plumage. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 146 publications receiving 14033 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard O. Prum include Natural History Museum & University of Michigan.

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Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers

TL;DR: Physical structure is known to contribute to the appearance of bird plumage through structural color and specular reflection, but a third mechanism, structural absorption, leads to low reflectance and super black color in birds of paradise feathers.
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A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

TL;DR: The results of the divergence time analyses are congruent with the palaeontological record, supporting a major radiation of crown birds in the wake of the Cretaceous–Palaeogene (K–Pg) mass extinction.
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Structure, function, and self-assembly of single network gyroid (I4132) photonic crystals in butterfly wing scales

TL;DR: 3D photonic nanostructures of five butterfly species from two families are characterized to offer a convenient template for producing optical devices based on biomimicry or direct dielectric infiltration.
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Evolution of Avian Plumage Color in a Tetrahedral Color Space: A Phylogenetic Analysis of New World Buntings

TL;DR: Comparative phylogenetic analyses using linear parsimony (in MacClade) and generalized least squares (GLS) models (in CONTINUOUS) with a molecular phylogeny of the group document that plumage color evolution in the clade has been very dynamic.