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

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Which of the following statements regarding the 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 italics to indicate their Latin origin (D) The specific epithet starts with a capital letter while the generic epithet starts with a small letter. It can be illustrated with the example of mangifera Indica

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The generic epithet starts with a capital letter while the specific epithet starts with a small letter. It can be illustrated with the example of Panthera tigris.

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

Biological names are generally in Latin and written in italics

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

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

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

The generic epithet starts with a capital letter while the specific epithet starts with a small letter. It can be illustrated with the example of Panthera tigris.