The phrase "a specimen from a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a sample taken from a specific source, often in scientific or research contexts.
Example: "The researchers analyzed a specimen from a rare species of plant found in the rainforest."
Alternatives: "a sample from a" or "a sample taken from a".
[A40.] The 360-acre agricultural laboratory in Weybridge, England, that is testing a specimen from a Washington cow for mad cow disease has had plenty of experience.
The companies that freeze cord blood and bank it point out that a person's own cord blood is a perfect match, and a sibling's cord blood a more likely match than a specimen from a stranger.
When you have a specimen from a young person with cancer, you can't help but think about the child and their family and you feel sad, but it just makes me want to do a better job and to work harder and support colleagues doing research.
Finally, follow up questions give students the opportunity to reflect on the difficulty of identifying a specimen from a written description and asks them what they would add to their original description given their new perspective on the importance of thorough observations.
A consideration important to the evaluation of native range occupancy is whether existence of a specimen from a given area is sufficient proof that the area is occupied (i.e., the population is self sustaining).
A rapid influenza test using a specimen from a nasopharyngeal swab was negative.
Steve and Jason Berger went in their backyard in search of a specimen from an exotic species, the yellow dragonfruit.
We detected the H275Y substitution of the neuraminidase gene in a specimen from an infant with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 who was treated with oseltamivir.
A specimen from Thetford showed only a slight variation in intensity along the lines (Fig. C), and a Russian specimen showed no visible variation.
One of his plates may hold a modernist bauble next to a specimen from the forest floor.
b Pathological examination of a specimen from the breast showed scirrhous carcinoma, a grade II invasive ductal carcinoma (×100 magnification).
