| Term: | caudal hematopoietic tissue hematopoietic stem cell differentiation |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | caudal hematopoietic tissue |
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| Definition: | Tissue that lies between the caudal artery and the caudal vein plexus where definitive hematopoiesis occurs after 48hpf and before the hematopoietic progenitors migrate to the thymus and kidney. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005898] |
| Name: | hematopoietic stem cell differentiation |
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| Synonyms: | haematopoietic stem cell differentiation, haemopoietic stem cell differentiation, hemopoietic stem cell differentiation |
| Definition: | The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a hematopoietic stem cell. A stem cell is a cell that retains the ability to divide and proliferate throughout life to provide progenitor cells that can differentiate into specialized cells. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0060218] QuickGO AmiGO |