In printed scientific names, only the ............ is capitalised.
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Biology
The Living World
MECEE - BL
Question
In printed scientific names, only the ............ is capitalised.
Solution
In printed scientific names, only the genus is capitalised. Genus is an assembly of related species which evolved from a common ancestor and have certain common characters. eg, Solanum tuberosum and Solanum melongena are the two species which belongs to same genus of Solanum.