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What are the two parts of binomial nomenclature?


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Binomial nomenclature:

  1. The scientific system of naming organisms is called binomial nomenclature.
  2. It was introduced by Carl Linnaeus.

Two parts of binomial nomenclature:

  1. Genus: According to binomial nomenclature, the first letter of the genera of an organism is denoted by a capital letter, comes before species, and is written in italics or underlined.
  2. Species: According to binomial nomenclature, the first letter of a species starts with a smaller letter and comes after the name of the genus of an organism.

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