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3 years ago | Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Term | Tissue Sample |
| Definition | A material sample dedicated to a single taxon (e.g. leaf, muscle, leg), often chemically or physically treated to preserve biomolecules from degrading. May contain tissue/DNA of other taxa, e.g. endosymbionts, pathogens, destruents |
| Examples | leaf, muscle, kidney, stem, blood |
| Reference | Droege,G. et al. (2016), https://doi.org/10.1093/database/baw125 |
| DwC:materialSample | tissue |
| ABCD:KindOfUnit | tissue |
| GGBN:materialSampleType | tissue |
| Comment | Examples in DwC are more equal to what in terms of GGBN is preparationType; the GGBN term "materialSampleType" has been developed to work with DwC as ABCD already has an appropriate term so not needed there but "KindOfUnit" is not used by DwC; GGBN developed a preparation vocabulary including date, person, method, materials and type of preparation, hence the more precise term "preparationType"; Any tissue or specimen is also an environmental for other organisms, but calling everything "environmental sample" doesn't make any sense; it is the decision of the curator of the collection how to categorize their samples |