Do environment or evolution have any effect on type of waste produced by an organism?
Do environment or evolution have any effect on type of waste produced by an organism?
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- The theory of evolution proposes that life started in an aquatic environment.
- Aquatic organisms are generally ammonotelic. It is believed that the urea cycle evolved to adapt to a changing environment when terrestrial life forms evolved.
- Arid conditions probably led to the evolution of the uric acid pathway as a means of conserving water.
- However, the correlation between evolution and type of waste production is uncertain.
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