hemocyte differentiation

id: GO:0042386
name: hemocyte differentiation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the characteristics of a mature hemocyte. Hemocytes are blood cells associated with a hemocoel (the cavity containing most of the major organs of the arthropod body) which are involved in defense and clotting of hemolymph, but not involved in transport of oxygen.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0035163embryonic hemocyte differentiation
GO:0035168larval lymph gland hemocyte differentiation
GO:0042387plasmatocyte differentiation
GO:0042688crystal cell differentiation

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0002376immune system process
GO:0030154cell differentiation