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Chapter 49, Problem 3TY
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Introduction: Waste products are excreted into the environment to maintain homeostasis of the body and to get rid of unwanted and toxic wastes. Organisms may be ammonotelic, ureotelic or uricotelic depending upon their excretory product.
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