Term Name: muscle founder cell
Synonyms:
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]

Relationships
is a type of: somatic muscle myoblast
develops_into: somatic muscle myotube