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Biology · The Living World
हिन्दीConsider the following statements regarding the universal rules of binomial nomenclature: (A) Biological names are Latinised or derived from Latin regardless of their origin. (B) Both words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined to indicate their Latin origin. (C) The first word denoting the genus starts with a small letter, while the specific epithet starts with a capital letter. (D) Name of the author appears after the specific epithet in an abbreviated form and is printed in italics. Which of the above statements are correct?
Correct answer · Option 4
(A) and (B) only
Explanation
(A) and (B) are correct. (C) is incorrect because genus starts with a capital letter and specific epithet with a small letter. (D) is incorrect because author's name is written in Roman script (not italics).
