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Using binomial nomenclature how would you develop the scientific name for a

particular identified species

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Early scientific names were often very long and hard to standardize. Names produced by binomial nomenclature are only two words long and hold more closely to a common standard.

use the genus and unique characteristic of an organism(specific epithet)
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