Enum: Sex
URI: [bican:Sex](https://identifiers.org/brain-bican/vocab/Sex)
## Permissible Values
| Value | Meaning | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| male | PATO:0000384 | A person who belongs to the sex that normally produces sperm |
| female | PATO:0000383 | A person who belongs to the sex that normally produces ova |
| intersex | PATO:0001340 | A person (one of unisexual specimens) who is born with genitalia and/or secon... |
| none of these describe me | None | Suggested Definition: A response indicating that an individual feels that no ... |
| prefer not to answer | None | A response indicating that an individual prefers or preferred not to answer |
| unknown | None | Not known, observed, recorded; or reported as unknown by the data contributor |
## Slots
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [sex](sex.md) | Donor's sex at birth |
## Identifier and Mapping Information
### Schema Source
* from schema: https://w3id.org/brain-bican/donor
## Mappings
| Mapping Type | Mapped Value |
| --- | --- |
| self | bican:sex |
| native | bican:sex |
| exact | bican:c819b9d5-2fde-40b2-bf0d-e07b56f96ac9, NIMP:PD-LXUBTM45 |
## LinkML Source
name: sex
from_schema: https://w3id.org/brain-bican/donor
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
male:
text: male
description: A person who belongs to the sex that normally produces sperm. The
term is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, cultural gender role distinctions,
or both.
meaning: PATO:0000384
female:
text: female
description: A person who belongs to the sex that normally produces ova. The term
is used to indicate biological sex distinctions, or cultural gender role distinctions,
or both.
meaning: PATO:0000383
intersex:
text: intersex
description: A person (one of unisexual specimens) who is born with genitalia
and/or secondary sexual characteristics of indeterminate sex, or which combine
features of both sexes.
meaning: PATO:0001340
none of these describe me:
text: none of these describe me
description: 'Suggested Definition: A response indicating that an individual feels
that no option listed is a good description for them.'
prefer not to answer:
text: prefer not to answer
description: A response indicating that an individual prefers or preferred not
to answer.
unknown:
text: unknown
description: Not known, observed, recorded; or reported as unknown by the data
contributor.