Subtelomeric plasticity contributes to gene family expansion in the human parasitic flatworm Schistosoma mansoni.

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"Funding T.B. funded by the Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge. M.B. This research was funded, in part, by the Wellcome Trust [Grant number 206194]. For the purpose of Open Access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission. S.R.D UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship [MR/T020733/1] and core funding by Wellcome Trust [Grant number 206194]. A.V.P. Christ's College Cambridge (Research Fellowship in Animal Parasitology)."