The Living World
The Living World
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To determine: The reason behind the digestion of cellulose by the termite but not by humans.

Introduction: Polysaccharides are the complex carbohydrates that are composed of a long chain of monomer units of simple carbohydrates. Plants store their energy in the form of starch, which is a polysaccharide and consists of a long polymer chain of glucose. The cell wall of the plants is also made up of a polysaccharide known as cellulose.

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