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Standard IX
Biology
Taxonomy
In a scientif...
Question
In a scientific name, the name of the author is printed in:
A
Capital letters
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Bold (antics)
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Italics
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D
Roman
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Solution
The correct option is
B
Roman
In the scientific name genus and species name written in italics and name of auther is printed in Roman.
Example,
Mangifera indica linn
. here Mangifera is genus, Indica is species and Linneous is auther name.
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