People

Education

Ph.D. 2006 Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
M.S. 2003 Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
B.S. 1998 Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China

Research Interests

Mapping disease resistance QTLs and genes in the Eastern oyster,  development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism markers for genetic linkage mapping and association studies.

Current Research Projects

• Collaborative research: field and modeling studies in support of understanding disease resistance in estuarine populations and response to climate change. (National Science Foundation)

Selected Publications

Zhang, L., Yang, C., Zhang, Y. et al. 2007 A genetic linkagemap of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) sex-linked microsatellite markers and high recombination rates. Genetica 131(1): 37-49.

Zhang, L., Kong, X., Yu, Z. et al. 2006  Preliminary isolation of microsatellite based on SAMPL technique in Shrimp Penaeus chinensis  Marine science 37(2): 1-4.

Zhang, L. and Xiang, J. 2005  A preliminary study on the inheritance of microsatellite in two selective breeding families of shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). HEREDITAS (Beijing)，27:919-924.

Zhang, L., Kong, X., Yu, Z. et al. 2004 A survey of genetic changes and search for sex-specific markers by AFLP and SAMPL in a breeding program of Chinese shrimp (Penaeus chinensis). Journal of Shellfish Research 23: 897-901.

Zhang, L., Kong, X., Yu, Z. et al. 2003. Application and prospects of AFLP in genetics studies of aquatic animals. High technology Letters. 13(4):95-98.