#NEXUS
begin taxa;
dimensions ntax=3;
taxlabels taxon_1 taxon_2 taxon_3;
end;
['Characters' block from Maddison et al. 1997, p. 603 right column, above]
[except that this file has single-quotes around the symbols list]
begin characters;
dimensions nchar=9;
format symbols='- + x';
matrix
taxon_1 {-+}(+-)+---+--
taxon_2 +x-++--+x
taxon_3 -++++--+x;
end;