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The /country qualifier

A new qualifier was introduced in version 2.1 (December 15, 1998) of the Feature table definitions: /country. This new qualifier is used to indicate the country of origin of a DNA sample

The text below outlines the format and the present list of allowed countries

 Qualifier:      /country=" "
 Definition:     Country of origin for DNA sample, intended
                 for epidemiological or population studies.
 Value format:   "any country from annex 7.5.7 of the Feature
                 Table documentation"
 Example:        "Canada"
 Comment:        /country should be a single token taken from
                 the controlled list of annex 7.5.7 of the
                 feature table documentation. /country can
                 also have the following format: country:sub_region,
                 such as: /country="Canada:Vancouver".
                                                      
 Country List to be included in Feature Table Definition Document
 Authority:      ISDC
 Contact:        NCBI
 Scope:          /country=""