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Which of the following statements about the rules of the binomial nomenclature system is INCORRECT?
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- 1The scientific name of an organism is a combination of the genus name and the specific epithet.
- 2While writing the scientific name by hand, the first letter of both the genus name and the specific epithet must be written in capital letters.✓
- 3Genus and species names are printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin.
- 4The name of the author who first described the organism may be written in abbreviated form after the specific epithet.
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While writing the scientific name by hand, the first letter of both the genus name and the specific epithet must be written in capital letters.
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