#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, below]
[except we have substituted single-quotes for the double-quotes in the original symbols list]

begin characters;
	dimensions nchar=3;
	format
		statesformat=frequency
		symbols='0 1 2';
	matrix
		taxon_1 (0:0.25 1:0.75) (0:0.3 1:0.7) (0:0.5 1:0.3 2:0.2)
		taxon_2 (0:0.4 1:0.6) (0:0.8 1:0.2) (1:0.15 2:0.85)
		taxon_3 (0:0.0 1:1.0) (0:0.55 1:0.45) (0:0.1 1:0.9);
end;