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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
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Parents of thrombocyte differentiation (GO:0002574)
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thrombocyte differentiation [is_a relation] is_a  myeloid cell differentiation (GO:0030099)
thrombocyte differentiation [RO:0002162 relation] RO:0002162  Vertebrata (NCBITaxon:7742)
thrombocyte differentiation [RO:0002315 relation] RO:0002315  nucleated thrombocyte (CL:0000762)
Children of thrombocyte differentiation (GO:0002574)
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thromboblast (CL:0000828) [RO:0002215 relation] RO:0002215  thrombocyte differentiation
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