RNA-seq of adult Heliconius melpomene rosina male and female chemosensory tissues: antennae, labial palps and proboscis, and legs. RNA-seq of adult Heliconius melpomene rosina male and female chemosensory tissues: antennae, labial palps and proboscis, and legs

The purpose of this experiment was to compare RNA-seq profiles of adult male and female butterfly chemosensory tissues to identify tissue- and sex-specific differences in gustatory and olfactory gene expression. Three biological replicates per sex were produced from individual Heliconius melpomene rosina butterflies. For the antennal libraries, both antennae were used, for the labial palps + proboscis libraries both labial palps and each proboscis was used, and for the leg libraries all six legs were used.