Nexus file

The extensible NEXUS file format is widely used in bioinformatics. It stores information about taxa, morphological and molecular characters, distances, genetic codes, assumptions, sets, trees, etc. Several popular phylogenetic programs such as PAUP*, MrBayes, Mesquite, MacClade and SplitsTree use this format.

For the NeXus format used in neutron, x-ray, and muon scattering, see Nexus (data format).
Nexus format
Filename extensionsusually .nex or .nxs
Internet media typeapplication/octet-stream
Magic number'#NEXUS\n'
Developed byMaddison DR, Swofford DL, Maddison WP
Initial releaseDecember 1997 (1997-12)
Type of formatbioinformatics
Open format?Yes
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