https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EbiEga/ega-metadata-schema/main/schemas/EGA.individual.json#/properties/minimalPublicAttributes/properties/biologicalSexAn organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's physical expression of sexual characteristics. In other words, the trait that determines the individual's (from which the sample derives) reproductive function: mainly male or female. Term chosen from a list of controlled vocabulary (CV). If you cannot find your term in the CV list, please create an issue at our metadata GitHub repository proposing its addition.
| Abstract | Extensible | Status | Identifiable | Custom Properties | Additional Properties | Access Restrictions | Defined In |
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| Can be instantiated | No | Unknown status | Unknown identifiability | Forbidden | Allowed | none | EGA.individual.json* |
string (Biological sex of the individual)
enum: the value of this property must be equal to one of the following values:
| Value | Explanation |
|---|---|
"male" |
[PATO:0000384]: A biological sex quality inhering in an individual or a population whose sex organs contain only male gametes. |
"female" |
[PATO:0000383]: A biological sex quality inhering in an individual or a population that only produces gametes that can be fertilised by male gametes. |
"hermaphrodite" |
[PATO:0001340]: An organism having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs. A biological sex quality inhering in an organism or a population with both male and female sexual organs in one individual. |
"pseudohermaphrodite" |
[PATO:0001827]: A biological sex quality inhering in an individual or a population by virtue of having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex. |
"unknown" |
[NCIT:C17998]: The biological sex is unknown, not assesed or not available. |
"male"