Raw reads from comparative transcriptomics of mammal salivary glands and other digestive tissues. Mammalia

We conducted a comparative transcriptomic analysis of chitinase gene expression in salivary glands of 23 mammal species including 17 newly generated transcriptomes from myrmecophagous placentals and other mammalian species. Moreover, we compared the expression of chitinase paralogs in different organs of the southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla) for which we produced 12 new transcriptomes from eight additional organs. Our results shed light on the molecular underpinnings of convergent evolution in ant-eating mammals by revealing that divergent paths of chitinase molecular evolution underlie dietary convergence between anteaters and pangolins.