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GO: Biological Process

nephrocyte differentiation

Term ID
GO:0061319
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Definition
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized structural and/or functional features of a nephrocyte. A nephrocyte is an insect renal cell that filters hemolymph. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state. 19783135
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