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Polymers are always macromolecules but macromolecules are not always polymers. Explain.

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In polymers, monomers which participtate may be either same (homopolymers) or different (co-polymers). These are all macromolecules in nature. Biopolymers such as starch, proteins and nucleic acids are also macromolecules. But some macromolecules like chlorophyll, haeoglobins etc. do not have any monomer units and are not polymers.
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