The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of an inner cell mass cell. [ GOC:dph https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0198542771 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0124020607 ]
Term information
See also the Anatomical Dictionary for Mouse Development ontology terms 'TS4, inner cell mass ; EMAP:14'.
Term relations
- cell differentiation
- results in acquisition of features of some inner cell mass cell
- part of some blastocyst formation