SCIENCE
VIRUS AND BACTERIA
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Question
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The two animals in a species that mate.
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The classification system was used prior to 1800.
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A two-name classification system that uses the genus and species name of an organism
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The domain of each living thing on earth.
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Binomial nomenclature is the biological system of naming the organisms in which the name is composed of two terms, where, the first term indicates the genus and the second term indicates the species of the organism.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish Botanist of the 18th century, came up with a simple solution, the system of binomial nomenclature. As the name suggests, this system of naming consists of two words for each organism. The first word is the name of the genus, while the second word is the species.
Detailed explanation-3: -The scientific name of a species that is set by binomial nomenclature entails two parts: (1) generic name (or genus name) and (2) specific name (or specific epithet). In this regard, the scientific name is also referred to as the binomial name (or simply, binomial or binomen). The generic name is the taxonomic genus.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first part of the name – the generic name – identifies the genus to which the species belongs, whereas the second part – the specific name or specific epithet – distinguishes the species within the genus. For example, modern humans belong to the genus Homo and within this genus to the species Homo sapiens.
Detailed explanation-5: -binomial nomenclature. noun. : a system of naming plants and animals in which each species is given a name consisting of two terms of which the first names the genus and the second the species itself.