Name: | islet |
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Definition: | Portion of tissue composed of a group of cells in the pancreas producing insulin, glucagon and somatostatin. Part of the endocrine pancreas. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005755] |
Name: | cell differentiation |
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Definition: | The cellular developmental process in which a relatively unspecialized cell, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cell, acquires specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize a specific cell. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0030154] QuickGO AmiGO |