the monomer units of amylose, the main component of starch, andglycogen, the animal stored carbohdrate, are both composed of a a-D-glucose monomers. however, the structural differences between these two polymers are remarkable: amylose is a coiled single stranded polysaccharaide while glycogen forms long branched networks. Explain the difference

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