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Would you expect birds, who require arginine in their diet,
toproduce urea? Explain.

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Answer:

no

Step-by-step explanation:

Arginine is an amino acid that has nitrogen in its structure. To remove nitrogen from arginine or other nitrogenous substances, mammals produce urea and eliminate it in the urine. However, birds eliminate nitrogen by producing uric acid, not urea.

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