Producing muscle as an embryo, and making or repairing it as an adult, could be considered to be quite different processes. But it seems that cells that share a common origin carry out both of these tasks.
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McKinnell, I., Rudnicki, M. One source for muscle. Nature 435, 898–899 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/435898a
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