dwc:sex
Sex is the biological trait of a reproducing organism in producing gametes of one of two different sizes or shapes — male or female gametes. Thus, the typical classification for such organisms, their sex, is also known as either male or female. [...] By convention, organisms that produce smaller gametes (spermatozoa, sperm) are called male, while organisms that produce larger gametes (ova, often called egg cells) are called female.
Notes
Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. This term has an equivalent in the dwciri: namespace that allows only an IRI as a value, whereas this term allows for any string literal value.
Examples
- female
- male
- hermaphrodite
References
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Anonymous 2025 Sex. Wikipedia. [2025-4-15] en.wikipedia.org
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Wieczorek J., Bloom D., Guralnick R., Blum S., Döring M., Giovanni R. et al. 2012 Darwin Core: An Evolving Community-Developed Biodiversity Data Standard. PLOS ONE. Vol. 7, (1) p. e29715. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029715
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Properties
Label
sex
EUPH UID
[0.0.SEXAB534]
IRI
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/sex
EUPH IRI
https://app.pollinatorhub.eu/vocabulary/descriptors/0.0.SEXAB534
Data types
String
Unit
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Deprecated
No
Published
2025-01-10
Updated
2025-01-23
Descriptor relationships
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Number of datasets
2
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