Vinita Lamba Data-verified

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Graduate Research Assistant

Last publication 2024 Last refreshed 2026-04-25

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3 h-index 9 pubs 32 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Vinita Lamba's research focuses on comparative genomics and evolutionary mechanisms, particularly in the context of viral evolution and gene birth. Her work investigates the origins of near-identical antifreeze proteins in unrelated fish lineages, providing insights into how new genes emerge and protein sequences converge over evolutionary time. Lamba also studies endogenous retroviruses in bats, employing comparative genomics to understand their diversity and evolutionary signatures. Additionally, her research extends to the genomic insights into the evolution of viral variants, such as the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. She has co-authored publications with Xuan Zhuang and N. Rives from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Lamba's scholarly output includes 9 publications with an h-index of 3 and 31 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 9
  • Citations: 32

Selected Publications

  • 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)
    14 citations 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)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Next Generation Sequencing Revolutionizes Organismal Biology Research in Bats (2023)
    9 citations DOI OpenAlex

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