Qualifier	sex
Definition	sex of the organism from which the sequence was obtained; sex is used for eukaryotic organisms that undergo meiosis and have sexually dimorphic gametes
Value Format	"free text"
Example	<INSDQualifier_value>female</INSDQualifier_value> <INSDQualifier_value>male</INSDQualifier_value> <INSDQualifier_value>hermaphrodite</INSDQualifier_value> <INSDQualifier_value>unisexual</INSDQualifier_value> <INSDQualifier_value>bisexual</INSDQualifier_value> <INSDQualifier_value>asexual</INSDQualifier_value> <INSDQualifier_value>monoecious</INSDQualifier_value> <INSDQualifier_value>dioecious</INSDQualifier_value>
Comment	The sex qualifier should be used (instead of mating_type qualifier) in the Metazoa, Embryophyta, Rhodophyta & Phaeophyceae; mating_type qualifier should be used (instead of sex qualifier) in the Bacteria, Archaea & Fungi; neither sex nor mating_type qualifiers should be used in the viruses; outside of the taxa listed above, mating_type qualifier should be used unless the value of the qualifier is taken from the vocabulary given in the examples above