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After first mention, how may a genus name be shortened?
ATo a capital in brackets
BTo its first three letters
CTo its first letter and a period
DIt can never be shortened
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. To its first letter and a period
Subsequent mentions may abbreviate the genus to an initial, as in Canis lupus, C. aureus.
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