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Category:GO:0007520 ! myoblast fusion
name: myoblast fusion
namespace: biological_process
def: "A process in which non-proliferating myoblasts fuse to existing fibers or to myotubes to form new fibers. A myoblast is a mononucleate cell type that, by fusion with other myoblasts, gives rise to the myotubes that eventually develop into skeletal muscle fibers." [CL:0000056, GOC:mtg_muscle]
is_a: GO:0000768 ! syncytium formation by plasma membrane fusion
relationship: part_of: GO:0014902 ! myotube differentiation
AmiGO
<GOterm>GO:0007520</GOterm>
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