Don Stewart

Biography

I am an evolutionary biologist and I use DNA sequence data to study processes of molecular evolution and molecular systematics in a variety of organisms. I am particularly interested in the unusual system of "doubly uniparental inheritance" of mitochondrial DNA in bivalves, in the phylogeography/historical biogeography of various species in Atlantic Canada, and in the adaptive molecular evolution of digestive enzymes in shrews. I also collaborate with others in the department on the population genetics of coyotes, black bears, skates, striped bass, and purple sandpipers.

Research Interest

 I am particularly interested in the unusual system of "doubly uniparental inheritance" of mitochondrial DNA in bivalves, in the phylogeography/historical biogeography of various species in Atlantic Canada, and in the adaptive molecular evolution of digestive enzymes in shrews. I also collaborate with others in the department on the population genetics of coyotes, black bears, skates, striped bass, and purple sandpipers.