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thrombocyte differentiation

Term Information

Accession
GO:0002574
Name
thrombocyte differentiation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
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Definition
The process in which a relatively unspecialized myeloid precursor cell acquires the specialized features of a thrombocyte, a nucleated cell found in all vertebrates but mammals involved in hemostasis. Source: GOC:add
Comment
Note that platelets are the non-nucleated mammalian functional equivalent of the nucleated thrombocytes of non-mammalian vertebrates and are sometimes also referred to as thrombocytes. Platelet formation in mammals is covered by the biological_process term platelet formation ; GO:0030220.
History
See term history for GO:0002574 at QuickGO
Subset
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thrombocyte differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  myeloid cell differentiation (GO:0030099)

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