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Last published 2026
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Vinita Lamba

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Graduate Research Assistant

Also affiliated: Ashoka University (2022–2024)

4 h-index 11 pubs 37 cited

  • Evolution, Molecular
  • Chiroptera
  • Animals
  • Phylogeny
  • Genomics
  • Antifreeze Proteins
  • COVID-19
  • Endogenous Retroviruses
  • Fishes
  • Flounder
  • Fish Proteins
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
  • Fossils

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Vinita Lamba's research investigates evolutionary mechanisms and genomic analyses across diverse organisms. Her work includes studying the origins of antifreeze proteins in fish, examining gene loss in Antarctic fishes, and exploring the evolutionary history of endogenous retroviruses in bats. Lamba has also focused on the application of next-generation sequencing in bat biology and the genomic insights into SARS-CoV-2 variants. Her research interests extend to metabolomics and molecular physiology concerning drought and salinity stress tolerance in plants.

Lamba's publications demonstrate a strong focus on molecular evolution, comparative genomics, and the application of advanced sequencing technologies. She has collaborated with Xuan Zhuang and N. Rives on multiple projects. Her scholarly contributions are reflected in an h-index of 4 and 36 citations across 10 publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 4
  • Publications: 11
  • Citations: 37

Positions

  • Graduate Research Assistant 2022–present
    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Biological Sciences ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Gene loss under constant cold reveals “natural knockout” loci in Antarctic notothenioid fishes (2026)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Diverse Origins of Near-Identical Antifreeze Proteins in Unrelated Fish Lineages Provide Insights Into Evolutionary Mechanisms of New Gene Birth and Protein Sequence Convergence (2024)
    Molecular Biology and Evolution 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Signature of Viral Fossils: A Comparative Genomics Approach to Understand the Diversity of Endogenous Retroviruses in Bats (2024)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Diverse origins of near-identical antifreeze proteins in unrelated fish lineages provide insights into evolutionary mechanisms of new gene birth and protein sequence convergence (2024)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Next Generation Sequencing Revolutionizes Organismal Biology Research in Bats (2023)
    Journal of Molecular Evolution 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Genomic Insights Into the Evolution and Demographic History of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant: Population Genomics Approach (2023)
    JMIR Bioinformatics and Biotechnology DOI OpenAlex

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12 Collaborators 6 Institutions 2 Countries

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