Work allocation

Objective 1. To study the distribution and status of indigenous freshwater bivalves traditionally known to have value as food and as source of product of commercial importance and resolve the taxonomic ambiguities in these species.

S. No.	Objective/activity	Activity milestones	Expected output	Responsibility
1	Documentation of distribution and status of species of Lamellidens and Parreysia in the Western Ghats based on shell morphology.	Distribution and status of species of Parreysia and Lamellidens	Delineation of status and distribution of cryptic species in Parreysia favidens and Lamellidens marginalis	ST, HSD
2	Analysis of chromosomal pattern in species of Parreysia and Lamellidens	Banding pattern	Cytological basis for identification of species of Parreysia and Lamellidens	MK, ST
3	Organelle DNA sequence analysis of a representative sample of phylogenetically differentiated species identified based on alpha taxonomic and cytological studies	Identification of phylogenetically informative mtDNA sequences	Differentiation of species based on mtDNA sequences	ST
4	Nuclear DNA sequence analysis of a representative sample of phylogenetically differentiated species identified based on alpha taxonomic and cytological studies	Identification of phylogenetically informative rDNA sequences	Differentiation of species based on rDNA sequences	ST

Responsibility: ST: S. Thippeswamy, MK: M Krishnamoorthy, Mangalore University, Mangalore
HSD, Hukam Singh Dhaker, College of Fisheries, Ratnagiri.

Objective 2. To identify the novel sources of the medicinally important chemicals in the glucosamine and chondroitin groups

S. No.	Objective/activity	Activity milestones	Expected output	Responsibility
	Isolation and identification of medincinally important glucosamines and chondroitins known to be produced by phylogenetically close species of Lamellidens and Parreysia	New chemicals / drugs from species of Parreysia and Lamellidens	A priority list of chemicals from bivalves indicating commercial potential	ST, BP, JP

Responsibility: ST: S. Thippeswamy, BP: Boja Poojary, JP: Jagadeesh Prasad, Mangalore University, Mangalore