made in plant cells. C. both starch and glycogen are present in animal and plant cells. D. both starch and glycogen are present in plant cells only. Ans: B - Both starch and glycogen are glucose polymers used for energy storage. - Starch is found in plants. - Glycogen is found in animals and fungi. This theory was crucial in establishing genetics as a field and provided a physical basis for Mendel's abstract laws of inheritance. It proposed that chromosomes occur in pairs, homologous chromosomes separate during meiosis, and their behavior mirrors the segregation and independent assortment of genes described by Mendel.