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Which of the following statements regard...

Which of the following statements regarding universal rules of biological nomenclature is incorrect ?

A

Biological names are generally in Latin and written in italics.

B

The first word in a biological name represents the genus while the second component denotes the species.

C

Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten, are separately underlined, or printed in italic to indicate their Latin origin.

D

The specific epithet starts with a capital letter while the generic epithet starts eith a small letter. It can be illustrated with the example of mangifera Indica.

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The correct Answer is:
D
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