科研论文：
[1] Xu, Z. N.* (2024) Sex and reproduction: a theoretical analysis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2024, blad109, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad109.
[2] Xu, Z. N.* and Asakawa, S. (2021) A model explaining mRNA level fluctuations based on activity demands and RNA age. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(7): e1009188. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009188.
[3] Xu, Z. N.* and Asakawa, S.* (2019) Physiological RNA dynamics in RNA-Seq analysis. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 20(5): 1725-1733.
[4] Xu, Z. N.* (2017) An evolutionary perspective of the origin of males from unisexual ancestral females. Science
[6] Xu, Z. N.* and Boyd, C. E. (2016) Reducing the monitoring parameters of fish pond water quality. Aquaculture. 465: 359-366.
[6] Xu, Z. N.*, Lin, X. T., Lin, Q., Yang, Y. F., and Wang, Y. X. (2007) Nitrogen, phosphorus, and energy waste outputs of four marine cage-cultured fish fed with trash fish. Aquaculture. 263(1-4): 130-141.
教学论文：
[1] Xu, Z. N.*, Liu, M. Z., Wang, Z. K., and Chan, K.* (2018) Exam-time persistence: Evidence for gender differences in risk-taking at a Chinese university. Psychology and Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 55(3): 1-13.
[2]Xu, Z. N.*, Yang, Y. Y., and Huang, B. B. (2017) A teaching approach from the exhaustive search method to the Needleman–Wunsch algorithm. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 45(3): 194–204.