When assigning a scientific name to an organism,
A)the species name is capitalized.
B)the species name is placed first.
C)the species name can be abbreviated.
D)both genus and species names are capitalized.
E)both genus and species names are italicized or underlined.

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Both genus and species names are italicized or underlined in order to differentiate them from common names and show that they represent scientific names.

When Assigning a Scientific Name to an Organism