Answer
Ammonia is converted to uric acid when animals need to conserve water. Otherwise, it is converted to urea which is water soluble.
Work Step by Step
As above
Biology 2010 Student Edition
by Miller, Kenneth R.; Levine, Joseph S.
Published by
Prentice Hall
ISBN 10:
9780133669510
ISBN 13:
978-0-13366-951-0
Chapter 27, Animal Systems I - 27.4 - Excretion - 27.4 Assessment - Page 798: 3b
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