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What conventions are followed while writing the scientific names?

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(a) The scientific name should be written in italics if printed, or should be underlined if hand written
(b) Every organism must have two Latin names -the first name representing genus and the second name representing the species.
(c) The genus name must start with a capital letter and the species name with a small letter.

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