The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a muscle cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Muscle cell development does not include the steps involved in committing an unspecified cell to the muscle cell fate. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000187 GOC:devbiol ]
Synonyms: muscle fibre development muscle fiber development myofibre development myofiber development
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- developmental process
- cell development
- results in development of some muscle cell
- part of some muscle cell differentiation