Publication between 2005 and 2009

*Zhang Z, Buckler ES, Casstevens TM, Bradbury PJ: Software engineering the mixed model for genome-wide association studies on large samples. Br Bioinform 2009, 10:664-675.

Zhang Z, Zhu L, Sandler J, Friedenberg SS, Egelhoff J, Williams AJ, Dykes NL, Hornbuckle W, Krotscheck U, Moise NS, Lust G, Todhunter RJ: Estimation of heritabilities, genetic correlations, and breeding values of four traits that collectively define hip dysplasia in dogs. Am J Vet Res 2009, 70:483-492.

Zhang Z, Li CX, Todhunter RJ, Lust G, Goonewardene L, Wang ZQ: An algorithm to sort complex pedigrees chronologically without birthdates. J Anim Vet Adv 2009, 8:177-182.

Buckler ES, Holland JB, Bradbury PJ, Acharya CB, Brown PJ, Browne C, Ersoz E, Flint-Garcia S, Garcia A, Glaubitz JC, Goodman MM, Harjes C, Guill K, Kroon DE, Larsson S, Lepak NK, Li H, Mitchell SE, Pressoir G, Peiffer JA, Rosas MO, Rocheford TR, Romay MC, Romero S, Salvo S, Sanchez Villeda H, da Silva HS, Sun Q, Tian F, Upadyayula N, et al.: The genetic architecture of maize flowering time. Science (80- ) 2009, 325:714-718.

Myles S, Peiffer J, Brown PJ, Ersoz ES, Zhang Z, Costich DE, Buckler ES: Association Mapping: Critical Considerations Shift from Genotyping to Experimental Design. Plant Cell 2009, 21:2194-2202.

Yu J, Zhang Z, Zhu C, Tabanao DA, Pressoir G, Tuinstra MR, Kresovich S, Todhunter RJ, Buckler ES: Simulation Appraisal of the Adequacy of Number of Background Markers for Relationship Estimation in Association Mapping. Plant Genome 2009, 2:63-77.

Zhu L, Zhang Z, Friedenberg S, Jung SW, Phavaphutanon J, Vernier-Singer M, Corey E, Mateescu R, Dykes N, Sandler J, Acland G, Lust G, Todhunter R: The long (and winding) road to gene discovery for canine hip dysplasia. Vet J 2009, 181:97-110.

Zhu L, Zhang Z, Feng F, Schweitzer P, Phavaphutanon J, Vernier-Singer M, Corey E, Friedenberg S, Mateescu R, Williams A, Lust G, Acland G, Todhunter R: Single nucleotide polymorphisms refine QTL intervals for hip joint laxity in dogs. Anim Genet 2008.

Mateescu RG, Burton-wurster NI, Tsai K, Phavaphutanon J, Zhang Z, Murphy KE, Lust G, Todhunter RJ: Identification of quantitative trait loci for osteoarthritis of hip joints in dogs. AJVR 2008, 69:1294-1300.

Zhang Z, Todhunter RJ, Buckler ES, Van Vleck LD: Technical note: Use of marker-based relationships with multiple-trait derivative-free restricted maximal likelihood. J Anim Sci 2007, 85:881-885.

Bradbury PJ, Zhang Z, Kroon DE, Casstevens TM, Ramdoss Y, Buckler ES: TASSEL: software for association mapping of complex traits in diverse samples. Bioinformatics 2007, 23:2633-2635.

Liu T, Todhunter RJ, Wu S, Hou W, Mateescu R, Zhang Z, Burton-Wurster NI, Acland GM, Lust G, Wu R: A random model for mapping imprinted quantitative trait loci in a structured pedigree: an implication for mapping canine hip dysplasia. Genomics 2007, 90:276-284.

Hays L, Zhang Z, Mateescu RG, Lust G, Burton-Wurster NI, Todhunter RJ: Quantitative genetics of secondary hip joint osteoarthritis in a Labrador Retriever Greyhound pedigree. Am J Vet Res 2007, 68:35-41.

Michal JJ, Zhang ZW, Gaskins CT, Jiang Z: The bovine fatty acid binding protein 4 gene is significantly associated with marbling and subcutaneous fat depth in Wagyu x Limousin F2 crosses. Anim Genet 2006, 37:400-402.

Todhunter RJ, Mateescu R, Lust G, Burton-Wurster NI, Dykes NL, Bliss SP, Williams AJ, Vernier-Singer M, Corey E, Harjes C: Quantitative trait loci for hip dysplasia in a crossbreed canine pedigree. Mamm Genome 2005, 16:720-730.

Mateescu RG, Zhang Z, Tsai K, Phavaphutanon J, Burton-Wurster NI, Lust G, Quaas R, Murphy K, Acland GM, Todhunter RJ: Analysis of allele fidelity, polymorphic information content, and density of microsatellites in a genome-wide screening for hip dysplasia in a crossbreed pedigree. J Hered 2005, 96:847-853.

Dikeman ME, Pollak EJ, Zhang Z, Moser DW, Gill CA, Dressler EA: Phenotypic ranges and relationships among carcass and meat palatability traits for fourteen cattle breeds , and heritabilities and expected progeny differences for Warner-Bratzler shear force in three beef cattle breeds The online version of this article. J Anim Sci 2005, 83:2461-2467.