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Lipid - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Even number and unbranched
    - - Monounsaturated
      - Polyunsaturated
      - commonly in cis configuration
    - - decreases as the chain length increases
    - - decreases as the chain length decreases
      - decreases as the number of double bonds increases
  - - - Omega-3
        fatty acids
        
        ALA, DHA, and EPA.
- - - - triacylglycerols
    - - Phospholipids
      - Glycolipids
      - Archaea ether lipids
- - - - modulate fluidity and permeability
      - thicken the plasma membrane
      - no sterols in most bacteria
    - - Steroids are oxidized derivatives of sterols.
      - lack the alkyl chain found in cholesterol
      - more polar than cholesterol
      - Many are male and female sex hormones.