Consider this scientific name: Homo Sapiens. What is wrong with the way it is currently written? Group of answer choices Genus name should be lowercase Genus and species names should both be lowercase Name should not be italicized Species name should be lowercase

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Nolan Short

6 October, 16:06

Consider this scientific name: Homo Sapiens. What is wrong with the way it is currently written? Group of answer choices Genus name should be lowercase Genus and species names should both be lowercase Name should not be italicized Species name should be lowercase

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Jennifer Mcguire · Answer 1

Species name should both be lowercase

Explanation:

According to the rules of binomial nomenclature:

1. The scientific name of an organism is represented by two names - the first genus and the second by its specific epithet.

2. The first alphabet of the genus should be in the uppercase and the first alphabet of the species will be the lowercase.

In the given question the scientific name of humans has been provided as Homo Sapiens in which the first alphabet of the specific epithet is provided in uppercase which must be in the lowercase as "sapiens".

Thus, species names should both be lowercase is correct.