somatotropin secreting cell development

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0060133

The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a somatotropin secreting cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure. A somatotropin secreting cell is an acidophilic cell of the anterior pituitary that produces growth hormone, somatotropin. [ GOC:dph ]

Synonyms: somatotropic cell development, somatotrophin secreting cell development, growth hormone secreting cell development

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somatrophic cell development, somatotrope development, somatotroph development

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biological_process

GO:0060133

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developmental process and results in development of some somatotropin secreting cell

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cell development
part of some somatotropin secreting cell differentiation
results in development of some somatotropin secreting cell