myoblast fusion
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.
GO:0000768
syncytium formation by cell-cell fusion
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GO:0014902
myotube differentiation
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