collection of specimens
specimens derived from shared ancestor
Aliquoting one specimen to multiple tubes and the collection of the aliquoted specimens are a specimen family. Slicing a tissue specimen into multiple sections for microscopy.
Details see tracker: https://sourceforge.net/p/obi/obi-terms/778/
A collection of specimens derived from one common specimen via one or more material processing process(es).
Biobank
Chris Stoeckert, Jie Zheng
Duke Biobank, OBIB, OBI
specimen family
specimens derived from shared ancestor
ready for release