Bivalves Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Prokaryotes Size (compared to eukaryotes) Shapes Cell wall (why is it important, and how is it different than eukaryotes) Gram Staining Why are bacteria gram-positive or gram-negative? How does that affect treatment? Be able to label the structures on Figure 27 (slide 14): fimbriae, flagella, sex pilus, capsule State the function of the following features: capsule, fimbriae, sex pilus, nucleoid, plasmid, and endospore What are the three factors contributing to genetic diversity in prokaryotes...

Summary of Mollusca Characteristics and 3 most universal features. Discussion of Circulatory- and Reproductive-System with fully labelled diagrams. Further breakdown and discussion of the 4 Main Clases (Chitons, Bivalves, Gastropods & Cephalopods).

Lecture covering the phylogeny of molluscs and main common features, main clades (eg. gastropods, cephalopods, bivalves) Extra reading with sources cited