Sentence examples for specimen is unknown from inspiring English sources

The source of this specimen is unknown, but thought to be Antongil Bay.

The principle method of pathogen DNA survival within an archaeological specimen is unknown.

In 1946, Charles Lamberton illustrated another femur (upper leg bone) of H. australis; the origin and current whereabouts of this specimen are unknown.

The fidelity of genotype concordance between paired cytology smears and surgical pathology specimens is unknown.

The exact provenance of the two specimens is unknown, and one is represented by a complete skeleton (but no skin) and the other by a skull only.

Quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) offers a culture-independent method for bacterial quantification that may improve diagnosis of CF airway infections; however, the reliability of qPCR applied to CF airway specimens is unknown.

The sex of the individuals represented by these specimens is unknown, and therefore we compare these mass estimates to the mean mass estimate derived from a pooled sex sample of Onge femora (12 females, 12 males and 14 specimens of indeterminate sex).

However, why the virus disappeared in subsequent stool specimens is unknown.

The exact effects of fixation on the physiological characteristics of the temporal bone specimens are unknown; however the smart drill system for cochleostomy has previously been tested on patients demonstrating that it can effectively preserve the endosteal membrane through a standard mastoidectomy [ 20].

The fate of specimens after exportation is unknown [ 2].

As is often the case with fossils from the Solnhofen area, for most of the specimens the locality is unknown: SMNS 67901 and SMNS 70193/3 are exceptions - both come from Eichstätt.