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• My Works
  1. Animal QTLdb - a database and tools for QTL comparasons and dynamic database integrations
  2. Animal CorrDB - animal traits genetic correlation database.
  3. Gene Ontology: CateGOrizer - batch analyze GO term data sets in terms of GO classes they represent.
  4. Expeditor/Expedicon - a primer design tool for comparative studies
  5. BEAP - uses a short sequence as "primer", to recursively blast nucleotide databases for overlaping sequences to "assemble" its genome sequence
  6. SNPlotz - a web tool for users to plot phenotypic effects data from GWAS analysis, along a genome.
  7. SNPidentifier: a computational pipeline to discover SNPs based on CAP3 alignments.
  8. CGCN: Query for genes that are associated with known expressed genes.
  9. Functional genomics of cattle through integration of multi-omics data
  10. . . .
  11. Everything on the AnimalGenome.ORG site
  
  
• Selected publications

  Zhi-Liang Hu, Carissa A. Park, and James M. Reecy (2021). Bringing the Animal QTLdb and CorrDB into the future: meeting new challenges and providing updated services. Nucleic Acids Research, 24 November 2021. DOI: gkab1116.

  Zhi-Liang Hu, Carissa A. Park, and James M. Reecy (2019). Building a livestock genetic and genomic information knowledgebase through integrative developments of Animal QTLdb and CorrDB. Nucleic Acids Research, Volume 47, Issue D1, January 8, 2019, Pages D701–D710.

  Zhi-Liang Hu, Carissa A. Park, and James M. Reecy (2018). Development of Animal QTLdb and CorrDB: Resynthesizing Big Data to Improve Meta-analysis of Genetic and Genomic Information. The 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production (WCGALP). New Zealand, February 11-16, 2018.

  Zhi-Liang Hu, Carissa A. Park and James M. Reecy (2016). Developmental progress and current status of the Animal QTLdb. Nucleic Acids Research, 44 (D1): D827-D833.

  Zhi-Liang Hu, Carissa A. Park, Xiao-Lin Wu and James M. Reecy (2012). Animal QTLdb: an improved database tool for livestock animal QTL/association data dissemination in the post-genome era. Nucleic Acids Research (2013 Database Issue, Advanced access: doi: 10.1093/nar/gks1150)..

  Zhi-Liang Hu, James E Koltes, Carissa A. Park, Eric R. Fritz and James M. Reecy (2011). Review: Bioinformatics approaches to livestock animal genomics research. CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources 2011 6, No. 044.

  Zhi-Liang Hu, Carissa A. Park, Eric R. Fritz and James M. Reecy (2010). QTLdb: A Comprehensive Database Tool Building Bridges between Genotypes and Phenotypes. Invited Lecture with full paper published on The 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. Leipzig, Germany August 1-6, 2010.

  Zhi-Liang Hu, Jie Bao and James M. Reecy (2008). CateGOrizer: A Web-Based Program to Batch Analyze Gene Ontology Classification Categories". Online Journal of Bioinformatics. 9 (2):108-112.

  Zhi-Liang Hu and James M. Reecy (2006). Animal QTLdb: Beyond a Repository - A Public Platform for QTL Comparisons and Integration with Diverse Types of Structural Genomic Information. Mammalian Genome, Volume 18, 1-4 (2007).

  Zhi-Liang Hu, Eric Ryan Fritz and James M. Reecy (2006). AnimalQTLdb: a livestock QTL database tool set for positional QTL information mining and beyond. Nucleic Acids Research, 2007, 35(Database issue):D604-D609; doi:10.1093/nar/gkl946.

  Zhi-Liang Hu, Kim Glenn, Antonio M. Ramos, Charles J. Otieno, Jim M. Reecy, and Max F. Rothschild (2005). "Expeditor: A Pipeline for Designing Primers Using Human Gene Structure and Livestock Animal EST Information". Journal of Heredity, Volume 96, Number 1, pp. 80-82.

  
  
• Book Chapters

  Hu, Zhi-Liang, James M. Reecy, Fiona McCarthy, and Carissa A. Park. Standard Genetic Nomenclature. (2014) In: The Genetics of the Cattle. Edited by Dorian Garrick and Anatoly Ruvinsky. 2014, CABI Publishing, Wallingford UK.

  Hu, Zhi-Liang and James M. Reecy (2012) "Standard Genetic Nomenclature of the Dog". In: The Genetics of the Dog. Edited by Elaine Ostrander and Anatoly Ruvinsky. CABI Publishing, Wallingford UK. Pp. xxx-xxx.

  Hu, Zhi-Liang, James M. Reecy, and Xiao-lin Wu (2012) "Design Database for Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Data Warehouse, Data Mining and Meta Analysis". In: Methods in Molecular Biology: QTL analysis. Edited by Scott Rifkin. Humana Press, Inc. 999 Riverview Dr., Totowa, New Jersey, 07512.

  Xiao-lin Wu and Hu, Zhi-Liang (2012) "Meta-Analysis of QTL Mapping Experiments". In: Methods in Molecular Biology: QTL analysis. Edited by Scott Rifkin. Humana Press, Inc. 999 Riverview Dr., Totowa, New Jersey, 07512.

  Hu, Zhi-Liang, Carissa A. Park, and James M. Reecy (2011) "Standard Genetic Nomenclature of the Pig, with glossaries". In: The Genetics of the Pig. Edited by M. F. Rothschild and A. Ruvinsky. CABI Publishing, Wallingford UK. Pp. 473-494.

  Hu, Zhi-Liang (2009). "Chapter XII: Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Resources". In: "Animal Molecular Biology". Edited by Zhu-Hong Zhao. China Higher Education Publisher (2010). (赵书红编 "动物分子生物学 "，第十二章 "分子生物学与生物信息学及信息资源". 高等教育出版社生命科学分社. 2010.

  Hu, Zhi-Liang (2003) "Introduction to Animal Gene Mapping, Genome Analysis and its Application in Livestock Production." In: "New Technologies in Animal and Poultry Production Abroad." China University Publishing House, Beijing. pp 393-405, 2003, Beijing. (张文灿等编 "国外畜禽生产新技术", 第四篇：基因组与基因工程, 第十九章：" 家畜基因组图的研究及其在畜牧生产上的应用简介". 中国农业大学出版社， 2003年4月，北京)

  Hu, Zhi-Liang (1996) "Protein Electrophoresis". In: Practical Protocols in Molecular Biology. Edi. Y. Li and Y. Zhao.  Science Press New York, Ltd.  pp 1-312.  1996, New York.

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