Term Name: | muscle founder cell |
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Definition: | A myoblast that detemines the properties (size, shape and attachment to the epidermis) of a `somatic muscle myotube` (CL:0008003) . It develops into a somatic muscle myotube via fusion with `fusion component myoblasts` (CL:0000621). |
Ontology: | Cell Ontology [CL:0008006] |