| id | GO:0030098 Detailed information
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| name | lymphocyte differentiation
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| namespace | biological_process
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| alt_id | GO:0046650
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| def | "The process in which a relatively unspecialized precursor cell acquires specialized features of a lymphocyte. A lymphocyte is a leukocyte commonly found in the blood and lymph that has the characteristics of a large nucleus, a neutral staining cytoplasm, and prominent heterochromatin." [CL:0000542, GOC:go_curators]
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| comment | Note that immunologists typically use the word 'development' to refer to cells of B or T cell lineages undergoing the process that GO describes as 'cell differentiation'.
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| synonym | "lymphocyte cell differentiation" EXACT []
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| synonym | "lymphocyte development" RELATED [GOC:add]
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| synonym | "lymphocytic blood cell differentiation" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0002521 ! leukocyte differentiation
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| is_a | GO:0046649 ! lymphocyte activation
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