Identify the structure shown in the image.

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(B) The image shows a highly branched polysaccharide structure. Glycogen is a storage polysaccharide in animals and is characterized by a highly branc

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(B) The image shows a highly branched polysaccharide structure. Glycogen is a storage polysaccharide in animals and is characterized by a highly branched structure,similar to amylopectin but with more frequent branching points. Starch consists of amylose (unbranched) and amylopectin (branched,but less than glycogen). Cellulose is a linear,unbranched polymer of glucose. Chitin is a structural polysaccharide found in the exoskeleton of arthropods and fungal cell walls,which is also linear. Therefore,the highly branched structure depicted is glycogen.

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