Life: The Science of Biology
Life: The Science of Biology
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Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
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The advantage of excreting uric acid as nitrogenous waste product by terrestrial animals.

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Uric acid is the excretory product that is formed in terrestrial organisms by protein metabolism. There are certain advantages of excreting out uric acid than urea from the body. Uric acid is semisolid substance while urea is excreted in urine.

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