| Term Name: | fusion competent myoblast |
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| Definition: | A myoblast that is committed to a myotube-specific program of differentiation but not yet fused. It undergoes very limited additional proliferation. After fusion, it will take on a muscle identity specified by a `muscle founder cell` (CL:0008006). |
| Ontology: | Cell Ontology [CL:0000621] |