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Anita Malhotra is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with 20 publications in this domain. They also contribute to environmental science and immunology and microbiology, with 15 and 13 publications respectively.

Their work encompasses several subfields, including genetics, virology, global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and paleontology. The focus areas of their research cover diverse topics such as venomous animal envenomation and studies, rabies epidemiology and control, amphibian and reptile biology, marine invertebrate physiology and ecology, plant and animal studies, genetic diversity and population structure, and animal behavior and reproduction.

Frequent publication venues for Anita Malhotra include Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vertebrate Zoology, ZooKeys, Toxins, and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

They have collaborated with numerous co-authors in their field. The most frequent co-authors are:

  • Vishal Santra
  • Sourish Kuttalam
  • John Benjamin Owens
  • Hmar Tlawmte Lalremsanga
  • Omesh Kumar Bharti

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Promoting co-existence between humans and venomous snakes through increasing the herpetological knowledge base" (2021) published in Toxicon X
  • "Complex target SELEX-based identification of DNA aptamers against Bungarus caeruleus venom for the detection of envenomation using a paper-based device" (2021) published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics, although attributed to an author named Anjali Anand
  • "Resolving pitfalls in pit viper systematics - A multi-criteria approach to species delimitation in pit vipers (Reptilia, Viperidae, Craspedocephalus) of Peninsular India reveals cryptic diversity" (2021) published in Vertebrate Zoology, authored by Ashok Kumar Mallik
  • "Venom of several Indian green pit vipers: Comparison of biochemical activities and cross-reactivity with antivenoms" (2022) published in Toxicon, authored by Susmita Thakur
  • "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gloydius (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with description of two new alpine species from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China" (2021) published in ZooKeys, authored by Jing-Song Shi

Best Publications

  • The conservation status of the world's reptiles

    Monika Böhm;Ben Collen;Jonathan E.M. Baillie;Philip Bowles

  • A phylogeny of four mitochondrial gene regions suggests a revised taxonomy for Asian pitvipers (Trimeresurus and Ovophis).

    Anita Malhotra;Roger S. Thorpe

  • A phylogeny of the trimeresurus group of pit vipers: new evidence from a mitochondrial gene tree.

    Anita Malhotra;Roger S. Thorpe

  • Genetic and ecological correlates of intraspecific variation in pitviper venom composition detected using matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) and isoelectric focusing.

    Simon Creer;Anita Malhotra;Roger S. Thorpe;Reto S. Stöcklin

  • THE DYNAMICS OF NATURAL SELECTION AND VICARIANCE IN THE DOMINICAN ANOLE: PATTERNS OF WITHIN-ISLAND MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERGENCE

    Anita Malhotra;Roger S. Thorpe

  • The use of amplified fragment length polymorphism in determining species trees at fine taxonomic levels: analysis of a medically important snake, Trimeresurus albolabris

    Nicholas Giannasi;Roger S. Thorpe;Anita Malhotra

  • Venomous snakes : ecology, evolution, and snakebite

    R. S. Thorpe;W. Wüster;Anita Malhotra

  • Experimental detection of rapid evolutionary response in natural lizard populations

    A. Malhotra;R. S. Thorpe

  • Phylogeography and natural selection in the Tenerife gecko Tarentola delalandii: testing historical and adaptive hypotheses.

    T. Gübitz;R. S. Thorpe;A. Malhotra

  • Size and shape variation in a Lesser Antillean anole, Anolis oculatus (Sauria: Iguanidae) in relation to habitat.

    Anita Malhotra;Roger S. Thorpe

  • Combining molecular, morphological and ecological data to infer species boundaries in a cryptic tropical pitviper.

    Kate L. Sanders;Anita Malhotra;Roger S. Thorpe

  • Common Garden and Natural Selection Experiments Support Ecotypic Differentiation in the Dominican Anole (Anolis oculatus)

    Roger S. Thorpe;James T. Reardon;Anita Malhotra

  • Multiple causation of phylogeographical pattern as revealed by nested clade analysis of the bamboo viper (Trimeresurus stejnegeri) within Taiwan.

    S. Creer;A. Malhotra;R. S. Thorpe;W.-H. Chou

  • Matrix Correspondence Tests on the DNA Phylogeny of the Tenerife Lacertid Elucidate both Historical Causes and Morphological Adaptation

    Roger S. Thorpe;Heather Black;Anita Malhotra

  • Molecular and Morphological Evolution within Small Islands

    Roger S. Thorpe;Anita Malhotra

  • THE DYNAMICS OF NATURAL SELECTION AND VICARIANCE IN THE DOMINICAN ANOLE: PATTERNS OF WITHIN-ISLAND MOLECULAR AND MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERGENCE

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  • Population systematics of Russell's viper: a multivariate study

    Wolfgang Wüster;Satoko Otsuka;Anita Malhotra;Roger S. Thorpe

  • Phylogeography of the Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) complex in relation to variation in the colour pattern and symptoms of envenoming

    Roger S. Thorpe;Catharine E. Pook;Anita Malhotra

  • Ecological diversification in a group of Indomalayan pitvipers (Trimeresurus): convergence in taxonomically important traits has implications for species identification.

    K. L. Sanders;A. Malhotra;R. S. Thorpe

  • Microgeographic variation in Anolis oculatus, on the island of Dominica, West Indies

    Anita Malhotra;Roger S. Thorpe

  • Assessing the Phylogenetic Utility of Four Mitochondrial Genes and a Nuclear Intron in the Asian Pit Viper Genus, Trimeresurus: Separate, Simultaneous, and Conditional Data Combination Analyses

    Simon Creer;Anita Malhotra;Roger S. Thorpe

  • Relating Geographic Pattern to Phylogenetic Process

    R. S. Thorpe;Anita Malhotra;H. Black;J. C. Daltry

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger S. Thorpe
Roger S. Thorpe Bangor University
Simon Creer
Simon Creer Bangor University
Wolfgang Wüster
Wolfgang Wüster Bangor University
Bryan L. Stuart
Bryan L. Stuart North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
John Harris
John Harris Newcastle University
Eli Greenbaum
Eli Greenbaum The University of Texas at El Paso
Michael R. Hoffmann
Michael R. Hoffmann California Institute of Technology
Theodore J. Papenfuss
Theodore J. Papenfuss University of California, Berkeley
Gabriel C. Costa
Gabriel C. Costa Auburn University at Montgomery
Stephen R. Goldberg
Stephen R. Goldberg Whittier College

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