The adaptation of desert animals to their environment includes water conservation mechanisms. A number of such organisms conserve water so successfully that they never drink it. They depend instead on water generated by metabolism. Determine how much water can be obtained from the complete oxidation of 1 mole of palmitic acid.

The adaptation of desert animals to their environment includes water conservation mechanisms. A number of such organisms conserve water so successfully that they never drink it. They depend instead on water generated by metabolism. Determine how much water can be obtained from the complete oxidation of 1 mole of palmitic acid.

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter13: Early Life Forms And The Viruses

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