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The currently used binomial nomenclature was developed by _____.

a. Ray
b. Linnaeus
c. Aristotle

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The answer is b. Linnaeus.

Swedish scientist Carl b. Linnaeus developed binomial nomenclature. Binomial nomenclature is a formal system of naming species. As the word 'binomial' suggest, a name is composed of two parts. The first word indicates the organism's genus classification while the second word indicates the species within a genus.
Let's for example take species Quercus alba. So, the first word Quercus indicates the genus in both cases, and the second word alba indicates species within the genus Quercus.
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