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Katie Ortiz

Research Interests:  work with three freshwater mussel species in the controversial genus Villosa: V. ortmanni of the Green and Red River systems in Kentucky, and V. iris and V. vanuxemensis of the Upper Tennessee River basin. I will be using mitochondrial DNA, nuclear DNA, and morphological characteristics to answer questions about the taxonomic validity and population structure for these species. 

Advisor: Jones