GO:0003413

chondrocyte differentiation involved in endochondral bone morphogenesis

Details: 
The process in which a chondroblast acquires specialized structural and/or functional features of a chondrocyte that will contribute to the development of a bone. A chondrocyte is a polymorphic cell that forms cartilage. [GOC:ascb_2009, GOC:dph, GOC:tb]
Evidence Code: 
IEA