Term Name: compound eye photoreceptor cell differentiation
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Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of an eye photoreceptor cell.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0001751]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: compound eye morphogenesis
has parts: compound eye photoreceptor development compound eye photoreceptor fate commitment
is a type of: eye photoreceptor cell differentiation
has subtype: R1/R6 cell differentiation R2/R5 cell differentiation R3/R4 cell differentiation R7 cell differentiation R8 cell differentiation
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of compound eye photoreceptor cell differentiation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of compound eye photoreceptor cell differentiation
regulated by: regulation of compound eye photoreceptor cell differentiation