Why are most ammoniotelic beings aquatic animals?
1 year ago
Biology
Aquatic animals, like crustaceans, bony fishes and amphibian larvae, generally are ammoniotelic since ammonia diffuses more easily through membranes and it is more water soluble than the other nitrogen wastes. Ammonia is still the most energetically economical nitrogen waste to be synthesized.
Dipti KC
May 25, 2023