NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Every species would get a name consisting of two words: the first word was the genus, and the second word was a specific epithet, and that couplet would together uniquely identify the species.

Detailed explanation-2: -Genus. The first word of a scientific name of an organism indicates its genus and the second word indicates the species. By this method of binomial nomenclature, the scientific name of an organism has been made common all over the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -The binomial name consists of a genus name and specific epithet. The scientific names of species are italicized. The genus name is always capitalized and is written first; the specific epithet follows the genus name and is not capitalized.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are rules to follow when writing a scientific name. The genus name is written first. The genus name is always underlined or italicized. The first letter of the genus name is always capitalized.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.