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testis

UBERON:0000473 ·resolve ·HOST_ASSOCIATED ·EXACT REVIEWED

A gonad of a male animal. A gonad produces and releases sperm. — UBERON

Source attestations

Each upstream vocabulary's own account of this habitat. Assertion counts are per-source units and are not comparable across sources — GOLD counts organisms, BacDive strains, PREGO taxa.

What each upstream vocabulary says about this habitat

Source	Label / path	Assertions	Unit
GOLD	Host-associated > Mammals > Reproductive system > External organs > Testicle/Testes	2	ORGANISM
GOLD	Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Reproductive system > External organs > Testicle/Testes	—

Broader habitats

• gonad UBERON:0000991
• male reproductive organ UBERON:0003135
• External organs habitatmech:GOLD.5c89d5e294
• External organs habitatmech:GOLD.9bfd135cfa

Also called

• Testicle/Testes — GOLD
• gonad of male genitalia — UBERON
• gonad of male reproductive system — UBERON
• male gonad — UBERON
• orchis — UBERON
• testes — UBERON
• testicle — UBERON
• testiculus — UBERON

Curation

What a curator decided about this record, and why. A record built from several source concepts can carry one decision per concept.

1. GROUND 2026-08-12 · claude-opus-5

   Grounded to UBERON:0000473 'testis' (EXACT). Slash alternative, singular/plural of one organ. Path: Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Reproductive system > External orga (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.20d2af1e41)

2. GROUND 2026-08-12 · claude-opus-5

   Grounded to UBERON:0000473 'testis' (EXACT). Slash alternative, singular/plural of one organ. Path: Host-associated > Mammals > Reproductive system > External organs > Te (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.440ef9c459)

Provenance

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