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LIFE 120/121 Labs: Writing Scientific Names

This guide provides resource and composition guidance for the LIFE 120/121 Labs.

Writing Scientific Names

The following links were selected to help you understand how to properly write scientific names in your papers.

How to Write Scientific Names of Plant and Animal Species in Journal Manuscripts (text version)(Enago Academy)
A description of scientific nomenclature, binomial names, and the standardized format for writing scientific names of animals and plants properly.
How to Write Scientific Names of Plants and Animals (AJE, part of Springer Nature)
Scientific Literature Guide from Vanderbilt University
This guide includes a section on how to write binomial scientific names.
How Scientific names are written (Mind the Graph blog)

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