Term: migratory muscle precursor cell fate commitment
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Name: migratory muscle precursor
Synonyms: migratory mesenchymal precursor, MMP
Definition: Muscle precursor cells that delaminate from the dermomyotome after epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and undergo long-range migration while retaining proliferative capacity.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0005921]
Name: cell fate commitment
Synonyms:
Definition: The cellular developmental process by which a cell establishes the intrinsic character of a cell or tissue region irreversibly committing it to a particular fate.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0045165]    QuickGO    AmiGO