B-1a B lymphocyte differentiation, B-1a B-cell differentiation, B-1a B-lymphocyte differentiation, B-1a B cell development
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Definition
The process in which B cells acquire the specialized features of B-1a B cells. B-1a B cells are B-1 cells that express CD5 and arise from fetal liver precursors.
Source:ISBN:0781735149,
GOC:jal
Comment
Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'.