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ParticipantsIn total, 80, 63, and 56 participants in the EM, CM, and control groups, respectively, initially agreed to participate in this study. Nevertheless, 28, 12, and 13 individuals in the EM, CM, and control groups, respectively, withdrew their participation and did not bring any fecal samples to the study site. After providing fecal samples, 10 and 6 individuals with EM and CM, respectively, reported intake of probiotics and were excluded from the analysis. No participant in the control group consumed probiotics during the study period. Eventually, 42, 45, and 43 participants in the EM, CM, and control groups, respectively, were enrolled (Fig. 1). The demographic and clinical characteristics of participants are summarized in Table 1. All participants with EM and CM used acute treatments for migraine. Moreover, 25 (59.5%) and 27 (60.0%) participants with EM and CM, respectively, received prophylactic treatment for migraine. Of the 42 participants with EM, 20 used anti-epileptic medications, 11 used beta blockers, 2 used an anti-depressant, and 1 used a calcium-channel blocker for prophylactic treatment. Of the 45 participants with CM, 23 used anti-epileptic medications, 8 used beta blockers, 1 used an anti-depressant, and no participant used calcium-channel blockers for prophylactic treatment. No participant in the EM, CM, and control groups was infected with SARS-CoV-2 before or during participation in the study.Figure 1Flow of participants in a study on the composition of gut microbiota in participants with episodic or chronic migraine.Full size imageTable 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants with episodic and chronic migraine and the control.Full size tableCollection of 16 s RNA sequencing dataWe obtained 7,802,425 read sequences, accounting for 99.8% of the valid sequences from the fecal samples of 130 participants. According to barcode and primer sequence filtering, an average of 59,305 (range, 3716–90,832) observed sequences per sample was recovered for downstream analysis. Thus, 2,242,325 sequences were obtained from the controls for phylogenetic analysis, whereas 2,747,952 and 2,812,148 sequences were obtained from the EM and CM groups, respectively.Microbial diversityAlpha diversity was defined as microbial community richness and evenness. Alpha diversities in the genus richness, as evaluated by Chao1 (Fig. 2A), Shannon (Fig. 2B), and Simpson (Fig. 2C) indices, did not differ significantly among the EM, CM, and control groups. Beta diversity represented the community composition dissimilarity between samples. PCoA with the weighted UniFrac distance (Fig. 3A and Supplementary Fig. S1A, p = 0.176, permutational multivariate analysis of variance [PERMANOVA]), the unweighted UniFrac distance (Fig. 3B and Supplementary Fig. S1B, p = 0.132, PERMANOVA), and the Bray–Curtis dissimilarity index (Fig. 3C and Supplementary Fig. S1C, p = 0.220, PERMANOVA) for beta diversity at the genus level among the EM, CM, and control groups revealed that these three groups could not be separated.Figure 2Alpha diversity at the genus level using Chao1 (A), Shannon (B), and Simpson (C) indices*,†. *Controls (green) and participants with episodic migraine (blue) and chronic migraine (yellow). †In the box plots, the lower boundary of the box indicates the 25th percentile; a blue line within the box marks the median, and the upper boundary of the box indicates the 75th percentile. Whiskers above (red) and below the box (green) indicate the highest and the lowest values, respectively.Full size imageFigure 3Beta diversity of microbiota in principal coordinate analysis plot with the weighted UniFrac distance (A), the unweighted UniFrac distance (B) and the Bray–Curtis dissimilarity index (C)*. *Controls (green) and participants with episodic migraine (blue) and chronic migraine (yellow).Full size imageRelative abundance of fecal microbes between participants with EM and the controlRelative abundance of fecal microbes at the phylum level did not differ significantly among participants in the control, EM, and CM groups (Supplementary Fig. S2). Moreover, Tissierellales (p = 0.001) and Tissierellia (p = 0.001) were more abundant in the EM group than that in the control group at the order and class levels, respectively (Fig. 4A). At the family level, Peptoniphilaceae (p = 0.001) and Eubacteriaceae (p = 0.045) occurred at a significantly higher proportion in the EM group than that in the control group. Furthermore, at the genus level, the abundance of 11 genera differed significantly between the two groups, including one more abundant and 10 less abundant genera in the EM group. Catenibacterium (p = 0.031) and Olsenella (p = 0.038) had the highest relative abundance in the control and EM groups, respectively.Figure 4Taxonomic differences in fecal microbiota among participants. The fold change (log2) denotes the difference in relative abundance between participants with episodic migraine and the control (A), between those with chronic migraine and the control (B), and between those with episodic and chronic migraine (C). CM chronic migraine; EM episodic migraine.Full size imageRelative abundance of fecal microbes between participants with CM and the controlThe analysis results at the class, order, family, genus, and species levels between CM and control groups are illustrated in Fig. 4B. Tissierellia (p = 0.001), Tissierellales (p = 0.001), and Peptoniphilaceae (p = 0.001) were more abundant in the CM group than that in the control group at the class, order, and family levels, respectively; however, at the genus level, the abundances of 18 genera differed significantly, including four more abundant and 14 less abundant genera in the CM group than in the control group.Relative abundance of fecal microbes between participants with EM and CMThe analysis results at the class, order, family, and genus levels between CM and EM groups are summarized in Fig. 4C. At the class level, Bacilli (p = 0.033) were less abundant in the CM group than that in the EM group; however, at the order level, Selenomonadales (p = 0.016) and Lactobacillales (p = 0.034) were less abundant in the CM group than that in the EM group. Moreover, at the class level, Selenomonadaceae (p = 0.016) and Prevotellaceae (p = 0.012) were less abundant in the CM group than that in the EM group. Furthermore, at the genus level, PAC001212_g (p = 0.019) revealed relative positive predominancy in the CM groups, whereas Prevotella (p = 0.019), Holdemanella (p = 0.009), Olsenella (p = 0.033), Adlercreutzia (p = 0.018), and Coprococcus (p = 0.040) revealed relative positive predominancy in the EM group.Association among fecal microbiota and clinical characteristics and comorbidities of migraineAmong the five genera (Roseburia, Eubacterium_g4, Agathobacter, PAC000195_g, and Catenibacterium) depicting predominance or less-predominance both in EM and CM groups, we conducted additional analyses for clinical characteristics and migraine comorbidities.Combining the results of the 42 and 45 participants with EM and CM, respectively, the Poisson regression analysis for relative abundance of microbiota revealed that a higher composition of PAC000195_g (p = 0.040) was significantly associated with lower headache frequency (Table 2). Furthermore, Agathobacter (p = 0.009) had a negative association with severe headache intensity (Table 3). Anxiety was associated with Catenibacterium (p = 0.027); however, depression did not reveal any association with the five genera (Table 3).Table 2 The association between headache frequency and the relative abundance of microbiota.*Full size tableTable 3 The association of severe headache intensity and comorbidities with the relative abundance of microbiota*.Full size tableRelative abundance of fecal microbes in participants with EM based on prophylactic treatmentAlpha and beta diversities in participants with EM did not differ significantly based on their prophylactic treatment (Supplementary Figs S3A–C, S4A–C, and S5A–C). At the genus level, Klebsiella (p = 0.009), Enterobacteriaceae_g (p = 0.006), and Faecalibacterium (p = 0.046) were more abundant in the prophylactic group than the non-prophylactic group (Supplementary Fig. S6A).Relative abundance of fecal microbes in participants with CM based on prophylactic treatmentAlpha and beta diversities in participants with CM did not differ significantly based on prophylactic treatment (Supplementary Figs S7A–C, S8A–C, and S9A–C). Emergencia (p = 0.043), Ruthenibacterium (p = 0.005), Eggerthella (p = 0.003), PAC000743_g (p = 0.034), and Anaerostipes (p = 0.039) were more abundant in the prophylactic group, whereas PAC000196_g (p = 0.049), Fusicatenibacter (p = 0.028), and Faecalibacterium (p = 0.021) were more abundant in the non-prophylactic group at the genus level (Supplementary Fig. S6B). More

Abigail Meyer from the University of Minnesota, USA, and colleagues from the USA, investigated the physiological and morphological responses to experimental warming and CO2 additions in the widespread forest lichen Evernia mesomorpha. While impacts of CO2 were largely negligible, warming and associated drying was linked to decreases in biomass, carbon assimilation and respiration rates. As well as bleaching of the lichen, indicative of death of the photobiont, the authors found evidence of shifts in internal algal communities, including increased proportions of certain algal clades under warming. While the study reveals the sensitivity of lichen algae to warming, further work is needed to reveal whether photobiont turnover may assist in lichen acclimation and recovery. More

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Ethics statementAnimals’ care was in accordance with institutional guidelines. Ethical permit was issued by Malmö-Lund djurförsöksetiska nämnd 5.8.18-00848/2018.Field workWe carried out the field work in Sweden during four breeding seasons (2018–2021). Adult male willow warblers were captured in their breeding territories using mist nets and playback of a song. From each bird, we collected the innermost primary feather from the right wing. From the birds that returned with a logger we also collected ~20 μl of blood from the brachial wing vein. The blood was stored in SET buffer (0.015 M NaCl, 0.05 M Tris, 0.001 M of EDTA, pH 8.0) at room temperature until deposited for permanent storage at −20 °C. We deployed Migrate Technology Ltd geolocators (Intigeo-W30Z11-DIP 12 × 5 × 4 mm, 0.32 g) and used a nylon string to mount them on birds with the “leg-loop” harness method as outlined in our previous work24. The mass of the logger relative to that of the bird was on average 3.3% (range 2.7–3.8%).The tagged birds were ringed with a numbered aluminum ring, and two, colored plastic rings for later identification in the field. In total, we tagged 466 males (349 in 2018 and 117 in 2020) at breeding territories. During the first tagging season (2018), birds were trapped at 17 locations (average 22 birds per site; range 7–30) distributed across Sweden (Fig. S1). Three of the sites were in southern Sweden to document migration routes of allopatric trochilus and three sites were located above the Arctic circle to record migratory routes of allopatric acredula, whereas the remaining (239) loggers were spread over 11 sites located in the migratory divide. Given the observed densities and distribution of hybrids after analyzing returning birds in 2019, we deployed 117 more loggers at one single site (63.439°N, 14.831°E) in 2020. We successfully retrieved tracks from 57 birds tagged in 2019 and 16 from birds tagged in 2021. In search for birds with loggers, we checked circa 3000 willow warbler males and covered an area of at least 0.5 km radius around each site the year after tagging.Geolocator data treatmentThe R package GeoLight (version 2.0)25 was used to extract and analyze locations from raw geolocator data. All twilight events were obtained with light threshold of 3 lux. The most extreme outliers were trimmed with “loessFilter” function and a K value of 3. We used GeoLight’s function “getElevation” for estimating the sun elevation angle for the breeding period: these sets of locations were used to infer the positions for autumn departure direction. In addition, we carried out a “Hill-Ekström” calibration for the longest stationary winter site during the period before the spring equinox. Winter calibration produced location sets that better reflected the winter coordinates of the main winter site in sub-Saharan Africa26. We reduced some of the inherent geolocation “noise” by applying cantered 5-day rolling means to the coordinates. The equinox periods were visually identified by inspecting standard deviations in latitude. Latitudes from equinox periods were omitted (on average autumn equinox obscured data for 45 days (range 25–68). For the main winter site, we used the longest period at which bird stayed stationary and from which in all cases begun the spring migration (mean = 118, SD = 23 days). Timing of autumn departure was estimated by manual inspection of longitudes and latitudes plotted in time series. To estimate at which longitude the birds crossed the Mediterranean, we extracted the longitude when birds crossed latitude 35 N° (Mediterranean crossing longitude). For 29 birds, it was possible to directly extract the longitude at crossing latitude 35 N°. For the rest of the cases, the birds had not reached latitude 35 N° before the latitude was obscured by the equinox, we calculated the mean longitude of 10 days from the onset of fall equinox as a measure of the Mediterranean crossing. This measurement correlated highly with the winter longitude (r = 0.78, p = 2.8 × 10−16). To control for the birds relative breeding site longitude, we extracted the departure direction (1°–360°) relative from the tagging site to the location where the birds crossed the Mediterranean (departure direction). The departure data was of circular type (measured in 360°), however the variance did not span more than 180° degrees (range 151°–224°). Therefore, we proceeded with analyses using linear statistics. Geographic distances and departure direction were calculated using R package “geosphere” (version 1.5-10). Complete set of positions of each individual bird with equinoxes excluded is presented in Supplementary Data 1.Laboratory work and molecular data extractionWe extracted DNA from blood samples following the ammonium acetate protocol16. Genotyping for divergent regions on chromosome 1 (InvP-Ch1) and chromosome 5 (InvP-Ch5) was done using a qPCR SNP assay16, which is based on one informative SNP per region (SNP 65 for chromosome 1 and SNP 285 for chromosome 5). Probes and primers were produced by Thermo Fisher Scientific and were designed using the online Custom TaqMan® Assay Design tool (Table S4). We used Bio-Rad CFX96™ Real-time PCR system (Bio-Rad Laboratories, CA, USA) and the universal Fast-two-steps protocol: 95 °C, 15 min—40*(95 °C, 10 s–60 °C, 30 s, plate read. Both regions contain inversion polymorphisms that restrict recombination between subspecies-specific haplotypes and contain nearly all the SNPs separating the two subspecies13. For each region, we scored genotypes as either “Tro” (homozygous for trochilus haplotypes), “Acr” (homozygous for acredula haplotypes) or “Het” (heterozygous). The method that we used to assess the presence of MARB-a is based on a qPCR assay that quantifies the copy number of a novel TE (previously known as AFLP-WW212) that has expanded in acredula. The quantification of repeats by this method has been shown to be highly repeatable (R2 = 0.88) when comparing estimates obtained from DNA in blood and feathers15. We used the forward (5′-CCTTGCATACTTCTATTTCTCCC-3′) and reverse (5′-CATAGGACAGACATTGTTGAGG-3′) primers developed by Caballero-López et al.15 to amplify the TE motif. For reference of a single copy region we used the primers SFRS3F and SFRS3R27. We diluted DNA to 1 ng/μl−1 and used a Bio-Rad CFX96™ Real-time PCR system (Bio-Rad Laboratories, CA, USA) with SYBR-green-based detection. Total reaction volume was 25 μl of which 4 μl of DNA, 12.5 μl of SuperMix, 0.1 μl ROX, 1 μl of primer (forward and reverse), and 6.4 μl of double distilled H2O. We ran quantifications of the single copy gene and the TE variant found on MARB-a on separate plates with the following settings: 50 °C for 2 min as initial incubation, 95 °C for 2 min X 43 (94 °C for 30 s [55.3 °C SFRS3 and 55.5 °C for TE, 30 s] and 72 °C for 45 s). Each sample was run in duplicate and together with a two-fold serial standard dilution (2.5–7.8 × 10−2 ng). Allopatric trochilus have 0–6 copies whereas allopatric acredula have 8–45 copies15; a bimodal distribution was also confirmed in this new data set (Fig. S2). Accordingly, for the present analyses, we split the data in two groups: birds with ≤6 TE copies and birds with >7, translating into absence or presence of MARB-a, with the former assumed to be homozygous for the absence of MARB-a and the latter heterozygous or homozygous for the presence of MARB-a. Data from two investigated willow warbler families suggest a Mendelian inheritance pattern and provide support for our interpretation of how TE copy numbers reflect the three genotypes (Table S5). Moreover, the TE copy numbers within the hybrid swarm have a distribution similar to a combination of allopatric trochilus and acredula, further supporting that the copies are inherited as intact blocks (haplotypes). However, a precise distinction between heterozygotes and homozygotes on MARB-a is still not possible15.Statistical analysisWe used linear models with departure direction, winter longitude, migration distance and departure timing as response variables and the three genetic markers: MARB-a (a factor with two levels), InvP-Ch1 (a factor with three levels) and InvP-Ch5 (a factor with three levels) as explanatory variables. Models were constructed with R base package “stats”. 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Maps in Figs. 1 and 2b and S1, S3 and S4 were created with R package “ggplot2” (version 3.3.6) using continent contours from Natural Earth, naturalearthdata.com/. Heat gradient over the maps in Fig. 1a–d were created with R package “gstat” (version 2.0-8) and the inverse distance weighting power of 3.0. Circular plots were created with ORIANA (version 4.02). All analyses were carried out with R version 4.1.1 (R Core Team 2021).Reporting summaryFurther information on research design is available in the Nature Portfolio Reporting Summary linked to this article. More

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