FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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Term

larval lymph gland hemocyte differentiation

ID (Ontology)

GO:0035168 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell derived from the larval lymph gland acquires the specialized features of a mature hemocyte. The lymph gland consists of three to six bilaterally paired lobes that are attached to the cardioblasts during larval stages, and it degenerates during pupal stages. Hemocytes are blood cells associated with a hemocoel (the cavity containing most of the major organs of the arthropod body) which are involved in defense and clotting of hemolymph, but not involved in transport of oxygen. An example of this process is found in Drosophila melanogaster.[ PubMed:14602069 ]

Also Known As

"larval lymph gland arthropod blood cell differentiation"

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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larval lymph gland hemocyte differentiation (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| larval lymph gland hemocyte differentiation

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

larval development
 |__larval lymph gland hemopoiesis__
immune system process               |
 |__hemocyte differentiation________|
cell differentiation                |
 |__hemocyte differentiation________|
post-embryonic hemopoiesis          |
 |__larval lymph gland hemopoiesis__|
lymph gland development             |
 |__larval lymph gland hemopoiesis__|
                                    larval lymph gland hemocyte differentiation  30 rec.
                                     |__lamellocyte differentiation 18 rec.
                                     |   |__regulation of lamellocyte differentiation(+) 11 rec.
                                     |__lymph gland crystal cell differentiation 11 rec.
                                     |__lymph gland plasmatocyte differentiation 7 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	hemocyte differentiation
Part of	larval lymph gland hemopoiesis
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"larval lymph gland arthropod blood cell differentiation" EXACT
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