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Animals store energy by making a polymer called glycogen. which best describes the structure of glycogen?

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A highly branched polymer of glucose 
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Answer:

Glycogen is a polymer of glucose and it has branched structure.

Step-by-step explanation:

Glycogen is made up of repetitive units of glucose. IT is a polysaccharide.

The glucose molecules are bonded by glycosidic bonds.

There is a linear chain of Glucose molecules residues are linked linearly by α-1,4 glycosidic linkages. the branching starts after 10-12 glucose units by α-1,6 glycosidic linkages.

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