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​short chains of glucose units that result from starch breakdown are called ____.

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they are called, glycogen...
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Amylose and amylopectin

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Starch is made up of smaller chains of glucose units called amylose and amylopectin which is more branched. In animals glucose is stored as glycogen which is mainly made up of amylopectin.

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