<span>Reptiles and birds excrete waste as an insoluble white solid that is called uric acid. This means that these wastes are made of very little amount of water. This helps them to maintain internal homeostasis in hot climates since the presence of water allows them to cool easily.</span>
Meiosis is a special type of cell division in sexually-reproducing organisms used to produce the gametes, such as sperm or egg cells. It involves two rounds of division that ultimately result in four cells with only one copy of each chromosome.