Term name - host sex
Term ID - MIXS:0000811 & MIXS:0000862
Structured comment name - host_sex
different descriptions
different value syntax
different expected values
Package(s) - 811 in 6 packages, 862 in symbiont-associated
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Term name - host sex
Term ID - MIXS:0000811
Structured comment name - host_sex
Definition - Gender or physical sex of the host.
Expected value - enumeration
Value syntax - "[female|hermaphrodite|non-binary|male|transgender|transgender (female to male)|transgender (male to female)
|undeclared]"
NOTE - additionally symbiont-associated package includes "neuter" as an option, should we add that?
Example - non-binary
Preferred unit -
Additional context
The expected value in the symbiont-associated extension gives valuable information to that community, so maybe needs to be kept specific to that extension:
expected value - sex of the symbiotic organism (host of the samples); enumeration
Additional comment about the host_sex term definition - the current definition includes gender, which is different from biological sex. Consider updating definition to physical sex of the host. (see Issue #262)
Current term details
Suggested update(s)
Additional context The expected value in the symbiont-associated extension gives valuable information to that community, so maybe needs to be kept specific to that extension: expected value - sex of the symbiotic organism (host of the samples); enumeration