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This is the main storage poly saccharide in animals. Hence, it is commonly called animal starch. Blue-green algae and fungi also store glycogen as fuel reserve. Like those of amylopectin, glycogen molecules are also large and highly branched (branch points are a, 1—6 linkages) polymers of thousands of D-glucose residues linked by a, 1-4 glycosidic bonds .