Neutral models of short-term microbiome dynamics with host subpopulation structure and migration limitation

Microbiome

Table 1 Summary of α-, β-, and γ-diversity patterns under different scenarios^a

	Number of subdivision	Low number of demes		High number of demes
		High migration rate	Low migration rate	High migration rate	Low migration rate
High parental contribution	α ↓ ↓ β ↑ ↑ γ~	α ↓ ↓ β ↑ ↑ β_w ↑ ↑ β_b ↑ ↑ γ~ γ_w~	α ↓ ↓ ↓ β ↑ ↑ ↑ β_w ↑ ↑ β_b ↑ ↑ ↑ γ~ γ_w↓	α ↓ ↓ ↓ β ↑ ↑ ↑ β_w ↑ ↑ β_b ↑ ↑ ↑ γ~ γ_w ↓ ↓ ↓	α ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ β ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ β_w↑ β_b ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ γ~ γ_w ↓ ↓ ↓
High environmental contribution	α ↑ ↑ β ↓ ↓ γ~	α ↑ ↑ β ↓ ↓ β_w ↓ ↓ β_b ↓ ↓ γ~ γ_w~	α ↑ ↑ β ↓ ↓ β_w ↓ ↓ β_b ↓ ↓ γ~ γ_w~	α ↑ ↑ β ↓ ↓ β_w ↓ ↓ β_b ↓ ↓ γ~ γ_w ↓ ↓ ↓	α ↑ ↑ β ↓ ↓ β_w ↓ ↓ β_b ↓ ↓ γ~ γ_w ↓ ↓ ↓
High parental contribution (long term)	α ↓ ↓ β ↑ ↓ γ ↓ ↓	–	–	–	–
High environmental contribution (long term)	α ↑ ↑ β ↓ ↓ γ ↑ ↑	–	–	–	–

^a↓: declining; ↑: increasing; more consecutive ↓/↑ represents a greater change; ↑↓:first increasing then declining; ~: fluctuation and no obvious trend

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