oikopleura dioica मीनिंग इन हिंदी

They are protandrous hermaphrodites, except for " Oikopleura dioica " which is gonochoric, and a larva resembles the tadpole larva of ascidians.
The nuclear genome of the appendicularian " Oikopleura dioica " appears to be one of the smallest among metazoans and this species has been used to study gene regulation and the evolution and development of chordates.
The recent development of techniques for expressing foreign genes in " Oikopleura dioica " has led to the advancement of this species as a model organism for the study of gene regulation, chordate evolution, and development.
"Oikopleura dioica " hox genes are distributed in nine locations around the genome whereas other chordates have a cluster of hox genes . [ Nature 2 Sept 2004 ] Of note, this is the first chordate among the eukaryotes found to have operons.