Sheridan, PaulRaguideau, SebastienQuince, ChristopherHolden, JenniferZhang, LihongThames ConsortiumWilliams, Tom A.Gubry-Rangin, Cecile2021-02-042021-02-042020-10-30Sheridan, P, Raguideau, S, Quince, C, Holden, J, Zhang, L, Thames Consortium, Williams, T A & Gubry-Rangin, C 2020, 'Gene duplication drives genome expansion in a major lineage of Thaumarchaeota', Nature Communications, vol. 11, 5494 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19132-x2041-1723ORCID: /0000-0002-5937-2496/work/161309463https://hdl.handle.net/2164/15779Acknowledgements This work and P.O.S. were financially supported by UKRI through the NERC grant NE/R001529/1. In addition, C.G.-R. and T.A.W. were both supported by a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF150571 and UF140626). C.Q. was funded through an MRC fellowship (MR/M50161X/1) as part of the CLoud Infrastructure for Microbial Genomics (CLIMB) consortium (MR/L015080/1). S.R. was funded through the BBSRC grant BB/R015171/1. The Thames Metagenome Database was funded through the NERC grants NE/M011674/1, NE/M011259/1 and NE/M01133X/1. We thank Dr Tony Travis for his support with Biolinux and acknowledge Prof Jim Prosser for his critical reading of the manuscript. The authors would also like to acknowledge the support of the Maxwell computer cluster funded by the University of Aberdeen.123668536engR MedicineGeneral Physics and AstronomyGeneral ChemistryGeneral Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular BiologyNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)NE/R001529/1Supplementary DataRJournal article10.1038/s41467-020-19132-xhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85094819778&partnerID=8YFLogxK11