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The developmental process pertaining to the initial formation of an anatomical structure from unspecified parts. This process begins with the specific processes that contribute to the appearance of the discrete structure and ends when the structural rudiment is recognizable. An anatomical structure is any biological entity that occupies space and is distinguished from its surroundings. Anatomical structures can be macroscopic such as a carpel, or microscopic such as an acrosome. The process whose specific outcome is the progression of the blastocyst over time, from its formation to the mature structure. The mammalian blastocyst is a hollow ball of cells containing two cell types, the inner cell mass and the trophectoderm. The initial formation of a blastocyst from a solid ball of cells known as a morula. A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of a cell over time from an initial condition to a later condition. The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of an inner cell mass cell. The cell fate commitment of precursor cells that will become inner cell mass cells. The morphogenesis of cells in the inner cell mass. The process whereby relatively unspecialized cells, e.g. embryonic or regenerative cells, acquire specialized structural and/or functional features that characterize the cells, tissues, or organs of the mature organism or some other relatively stable phase of the organism's life history. Differentiation includes the processes involved in commitment of a cell to a specific fate and its subsequent development to the mature state.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: inner cell mass cell differentiation
Acc: GO:0001826
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The process whereby a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of an inner cell mass cell.
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0001826 - inner cell mass cell differentiation (interactive image map)
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