id | GO:0002521   Detailed information
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  name | leukocyte differentiation
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "The process in which a relatively unspecialized hemopoietic precursor cell acquires the specialized features of a leukocyte. A leukocyte is an achromatic cell of the myeloid or lymphoid lineages capable of ameboid movement, found in blood or other tissue." [CL:0000738, GOC:add, PMID:16551264]
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  synonym | "immune cell differentiation" EXACT []
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  synonym | "leucocyte differentiation" EXACT []
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  is_a | GO:0030154 ! cell differentiation
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  relationship | part_of GO:0030097 ! hemopoiesis
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