1，William R. Jeffery, Li Ma, Ya-hui Zhao. (2023) Cavefish as biological models in the laboratory and in the wild. Zoological Research,44(4):834-836 

2.  Li Ma*, Jun-xing Yang, Fa-Kai Lei, Meng-Zhen Xu, Ya-hui Zhao, William R. Jeffery. (2023) Protection and exploration of the scientific potential of Chinese cavefish. Zoological Research  44（4）：675-677 (*代表通讯作者) 

3.  William R. Jeffery, Bo Li, Mandy Ng, Lian-wei Li, Špela Gorički, Li Ma*. (2023) Differentially expressed chaperone genes reveal a stress response required for unidirectional regeneration in the basal chordate Ciona. BMC Biology 21， 148.  DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01633-y (*代表通讯作者) 

4.  Bo Li, Yuan-wei Zhang, Xiao Liu, Li Ma*, Junxing Yang*. (2021) Molecular mechanisms of intermuscular bone development in fish: a review. Zoological Research 42(3): 362-376 (*代表通讯作者)

5.  Li Ma, Mandy Ng, Janet Shi, Aniket V.Gore, Daniel Castranova, Brant M.Weinstein, William R. Jeffery. (2021) Maternal control of visceral asymmetry evolution in Astyanax cavefish. Scientific Reports, 11:10312

6.  Li Ma, Aniket V.Gore, Daniel Castranova, Janet Shi, Mandy Ng, Kelly T. Tomins, Cornelia Maria Van, Brant M. Weinstein, William R. Jeffery. (2020) The hypomorphic cystathionine beta-synthase gene controls eye loss by disrupting optic vasculature in blind cavefish. Nature Communications  doi: https://rdcu.be/b4zwB

7.  Li Ma, Ruby Dessiatoun, Janet Shi, William R. Jeffery (2020) Incremental temperature changes for maximal breeding and spawning in Astyanax mexicanus. Journal of Visualized Experiments e61708, doi:10.3791/61708

8.  Li Ma, Mandy Ng, Janet Shi, Aniket V.Gore, William R. Jeffery. (2020) Evolutionary Changes in Left-Right Visceral Asymmetry in Astyanax Cavefish doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.15.098483.

9.  Li Ma, Mandy Ng, Corine Maria Van, Masato Yoshizawa, William R. Jeffery. (2019) Dual roles of the Retinal Pigment Epithelium and Lens in cavefish eye degeneration. Journal of Experimental Zoology PartB: Molecular and Developmental Evolution DOI:10.1002/jez.b.22923

10. Pengcheng Ma, Ning-Ning Song, Yongxin Li, Qiong Zhang, Lei Zhang, Longlong Zhang, Qinghua   Kong, Li Ma, Xiangcai Yang, Biyu Ren, Chaocui Li, Xudong Zhao, Yan Li, Ying Xu, Xiang Gao, Yu-Qiang Ding, Bingyu Mao. (2019) Fine-Tuning of Shh/Gli Signaling Gradient by Non-proteolytic Ubiquitination during Neural Patterning. Cell Reports 28 (2): 541-553

11. Li Ma, Allen G. Strickler, Amy Parkhurst, Masato Yoshizawa, and William R. Jeffery. (2018) Maternal Genetic effects in Astyanax Cavefish development. Developmental Biology, 441(2): 209-220. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.07.014

12. Aniket V.Gore, Kelly T.Tomins, James Iben, Li Ma, Deniel Castranova, Andrew Davis, Amy Parkhurst,   Sara Soueidan, William R. Jeffery and Brant M. Weinstein (2018) An epigenetic mechanism for cavefish eye degeneration. 13. Helena Bilandžija, Lindsey Abraham, Li Ma, Kenneth Renner, William R. Jeffery. (2018) Behavioral changes controlled by catecholaminergic systems explain recurrent loss of pigmentation in cavefish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0243

14. Tao Liu, Huaiqing Deng, Li Ma, Ning Xiao & Jiang Zhou (2018) Sinocyclocheilus zhenfengensis, a new cyprinid species (Pisces: Teleostei) from Guizhou Province, Southwest China. J Appl Ichthyol. 2018;00:1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13629

15. Xiaoliang Liu, Yingjie Xia, Jixin Tanga, Li Ma, Chaocui Lia, Pengcheng Ma, Bingyu Mao (2017) Dual roles of Akirin2 during Xenopus neural development. Journal of Biological Chemistry DOI: 10.1074 / jbc.M117.7771109.

16. Joshua B. Gross, James Weagley, Bethany A. Stahl, Li Ma, Luis Espinasa, Suzanne McGaugh (2017) A local duplication of the Melanocortin receptor 1 locus in Astyanax mexicanus. Genome Jul 24. doi: 10.1139/gen-2017-0049.

17. Li Ma, (2016) The eye development of Astyanax cavefish. Cave Research 2016, 2:1

18. Kowalko, J. E., Li, Ma, & Jeffery, W. R. (2016). Genome editing in Astyanax mexicanus using transcription activator-like effector nucleases (talens). Journal of Visualized Experiments (112).

19. Li Ma, Jeffery J. Essner, William R. Jeffery, Johanna E. Kowalko. (2015) Genome editing using TALENS in blind Mexican cavefish, Astyanax mexicanus. PLoS One2015 Mar 16;10(3):e0119370. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119370. eCollection.

20.  Li Ma. (2015) Think about caves globally. Cave Research 2015, 1:1

21.  Li Ma, Amy Parkhurst, William R. Jeffery. (2014) The role of a lens survival pathway including sox2 and alphaA-crystallin in the evolution of cavefish eye degeneration. EvoDevo, 5:28

22. Suzanne E. McGaugh, Joshua B. Gross, Bronwen Aken, Maryline Blin, Richard Borowsky, Domitille Chalopin, Hélène Hinaux, William Jeffery, Alex Keene, Li Ma, Pat Minx1, Daniel Murphy, Kelly E. O’Quin, Sylvie Rétaux, Nicolas Rohner, Steve M. J. Searle, Bethany Stahl, Cliff Tabin, Jean-Nicolas Volff, Masato Yoshizawa, Wes C. Warren1. (2014) The cavefish genome reveals candidate genes for eye loss. Nature Communications, 5:5307. doi:10.1038/ncomms6307.

23. Xiao-Fu Pan, Xiao-Ai Wang, Li Ma, Zai-Yun Li, Xiao-Yong Chen and Jun-Xing Yang. (2014) Artificial Fertilization and Embryonic Development of Sinocyclocheilus grahami (Regan) from Dianchi Lake, China. J Biodivers Biopros Dev, 1: 1-6

24.  *Helena Bilandžija, *Li Ma, Amy Parkhurst, and William R. Jeffery. (2013) A potential benefit of albinism in Astyanax cavefish: downregulation of the oca2 gene increase tyrosine and catecholamine levels as an alternative to melanin synthesis. PLoS One. 8 (11): e80823. (* indicate the first two authors contributed equally to this work)

25. Peng-cheng Ma, Yin-jie Xia, Li Ma, Shu-hua Zhao*,Bing-yu Mao*. (2013) Xenopus Nkx6.1 and Nkx6.2 are required for mid-hindbrain boundary development. Dev Genes Evol. 223:253-259

26. Li Ma, Qing-hua Kong, Shu-hua Zhao, Yun-hu Wei, Bing-yu Mao. (2009) Post-transcriptional control through 3’UTR of Xenopus Sox2 gene (in Chinese). Zoological Research 30 (6): 633-638

27. *Li Ma, *Xiao-fu Pan, Yun-hu Wei, Zai-yun Li, Chao-cui Li, Jun-xing Yang, Bing-yu Mao. (2008) Developmental stages and eye development of the cyprinoid fish Anabarilius grahami in Fuxian Lake of Southwest China. Journal of Fish Biology 73: 1946-1959(* indicate the first two authors contributed equally to this work)         

28. Li Ma, Shu-hua Zhao, Qing-hua Kong, Bing-yu Mao. (2007) Temporal and spatial expression patterns of Sox1 gene in Xenopus laevis embryo Zoological Research 28 (4): 403-405

受邀的专著文章：

29. Li Ma, Ya-hui Zhao, and Junxing Yang. Cavefish of China, (2019) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CAVES, Third Edition. ELSEVIER, Academic Press, Chapter 28: 237-254

30. Li Ma and William Jeffery. (2015) Eye development (vertebrate) McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia Yearbook of Science & Technology. Mc-Graw Hill Education (invited) DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1079.6004

31. B.A. Stahl, C.R. Sears, L. Ma, M. Perkins, J.B. Gross (2018) “Pmela and Tyrp1b contribute to melanophore variation in Mexican cavefish.” Evolutionary Biology. Volume 21. P. Pontarotti and M.-H. Rome, editors. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.

32. William R. Jeffery, Li Ma, Amy Parkhurst, Helena Bilandžija. (2014) Pigment cell regression and albinism in Astyanax cavefish. The Biology of Mexican Cavefish. Elsevier Press

33. Li Ma and Ya-hui Zhao. Cavefish of China, (2012) ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CAVES, Second Edition. ELSEVIER, Academic Press, C: 107-125

发表的国际会议摘要：

1.  Li Ma and William R. Jeffery, Global Analysis of Maternal Transcripts in Astyanax Cavefish Eggs. Sixth Astyanax International Meeting, Cine Teatro Rosalio Solano, Queretaro, March 17-20, 2019

2.  William R. Jeffery and Li Ma, Evolution of Left-Right Axis Astymmetry in Astyanax Cavefish. Sixth Astyanax International Meeting, Cine Teatro Rosalio Solano, Queretaro, March 17-20, 2019 

3.  Li Ma, Daniel Castranova, Brant M. Weinstein, Aniket Gore, and William R. Jeffery, Molecular Mechanism of Eye Loss in the Cavefish Astyanax. The Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 3-7, 2018

4.  Li Ma and William R. Jeffery, Paralogous Cystathionine ß Synthase Genes in Astyanax mexicanus : Functional Diversification and Evolution of Cavefish Eye Degeneration. Fifth Astyanax International Meeting, Cine Teatro Rosalio Solano, Queretaro, Mexico March 12-15, 2017

5.  William Jeffery, Li Ma, Kelly Tomins, Brant M Weinstein and Aniket Gore, Analysis of the Eye QTL Gene cbsa Reveals the Role of Cranial Vasculature in Regression of the Cavefish Visual System. Fifth Astyanax International Meeting, Cine Teatro Rosalio Solano, Queretaro, Mexico March 12-15, 2017

6.  Li Ma, Stahl Bethany, Adams Hannah, and Joshua B. Gross, Molecular analysis of melanophore lineage genes in cavefish depigmentation. 23rd International Conference on Subterranean Biology, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, June13-17, 2016

7.  Li Ma and William R. Jeffery, Molecular analysis of an A.mexicanus Eye QTL reveals a potential role of Cystathionine beta-synthase A in cavefish eye degeneration, Fourth Astyanax International Meeting, Cine Teatro Rosalio Solano, Queretaro, Mexico October 26-28, 2015

8.  Li Ma, Brian Carlson, Bethany Stahl, Hannah Adams, Amanda K.Powers and Joshua B. Gross, Candidate genes analysis for pigment development in Astyanax cavefish, Fourth Astyanax International Meeting, Cine Teatro Rosalio Solano, Queretaro, Mexico October 26-28, 2015

9. Bethany Stahl, Li Ma, Joshua B. Gross, High-resolution genomic mapping reveals genes contributing to complex melanophore variation in Astyanax mexicanus cavefish, the Fourth Astyanax International Meeting, Cine Teatro Rosalio Solano, Queretaro, Mexico October 26-28, 2015

10. Johanna Kowalko, Li Ma, William Jeffery, Jeff Essner, Utilizing genome editing to explore the genetic basis of evolution in the cavefish Astyanax mexicanus, the Society for Developmental Biology 73rd Annual Meeting, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA July 17, 2014

11. Li Ma and William R. Jeffery, Role of aA-crystallin in Astyanax cavefish eye degeneration, Third Astyanax International Meeting, Ciudad Valles, Mexico, March 19, 2013

12.  Li Ma and William R. Jeffery, The function of aA-crystallin in lens degeneration in Astyanax mexicanus cavefish, the Second Astyanax International Meeting Ciudad Valles, Mexico March15, 2011

重要媒体报道：

1, New research identifies how blind cavefish lose their eyes

(Public Release: UMDscience, May 30, 2018)

Link: https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/features/4146 

2, Blind cave fish may provide insights into human health

(Public Release: Science 24 Jun 2016)

Link: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6293/1502 

3, Blind cave fish may provide insight on eye disease and other human health issues.

(Public Release: UMDscience, October 21, 2014)

Link: https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/features/2545