This tab allows users to enter essential information about a biosource.
- Name
This is the only mandatory field. BASE by default assigns
New biosourceas name but it is advised to provide unique sensible names.- External ID
An external reference identifiers (e.g. a patient identification code) can be supplied using this field.
- Description
A free text description can be supplied using this field.
This allows BASE users to use annotation types to refine biosource description. More about annotating items can be read in Section 11.4, “Annotating items” .