Phenotype: xanthophore differentiation disrupted, abnormal
Note: This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name.
Name: xanthophore differentiation
Synonyms: xanthophore cell differentiation
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires the specialized features of a xanthophore cell. Xanthophores are pigment cells derived from the neural crest. They contain pteridine and/or carotenoid pigments in structures called pterinosomes or xanthosomes. This makes them yellow to orange in appearance.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0050936]    QuickGO    AmiGO
Name: disrupted
Synonyms:
Definition: A quality of a single process inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being interrupted of its normal course.
Ontology: Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001507]