Nexus file - Text data format

Nexus file is a text data format created in 1997.

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The NEXUS file format (usually .nex or .nxs) is widely used in bioinformatics. Several popular phylogenetic programs such as PAUP*, MrBayes, Mesquite,, MacClade and SplitsTree use this format.. Read more on Wikipedia...

Tags: textDataFormat
Early development of Nexus file happened in University of Arizona and Smithsonian Institution
See also: (3 related languages) Newick format, NeXML format, PhyloXML
Read more about Nexus file on the web: 1.

Example from the web:

#NEXUS
BEGIN TAXA;
  TAXLABELS A B C;
END;

BEGIN TREES;
  TREE tree1 = ((A,B),C);
END;

Example from Wikipedia:

#NEXUS
BEGIN TAXA;
  TAXLABELS A B C;
END;

BEGIN TREES;
  TREE tree1 = ((A,B),C);
END;