| Term: | migratory muscle precursor cell fate commitment |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | migratory muscle precursor |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |