Here are some example files that you can use to try out MEGA.
All files on this page are available in the "Examples" folder installed with MEGA.
| File Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ABI01.abi | Sample trace file in ABI file format. |
| Chloroplast_Martin.meg | Protein coding genes from chloroplast genome of nine species. |
| Contigs.meg | Human and Chimp contigs for genes/domains tutorial. |
| Crab_rRNA.meg | Sequences for gene encoding mitochondrial large-subunit ribosomal RNA. |
| D-loop_Vigilant.meg | Human mtDNA data from D-loop region. |
| Distance_Data.meg | Sample distance data file generated for six groups using Tamura-Nei model. |
| Drosophila_Adh.meg | Adh sequence data from eleven fruit fly species. |
| HLA-3Seq.meg | Nucleotide sequences of three human class I HLA-A alleles. |
| hsp20.meg | Unaligned HSP20 sequence data for four species. |
| Hum_Dist.meg | Genetic distance data from 15 human populations. |
| NewickTree.nwk | A sample tree topology in Newick file format. |
| mtCDNA.zip | Data files for the timetree tutorial (or download them individually below). |
| mtCDNA.meg | Sequence data for the timetree tutorial. |
| mtCDNA.nwk | Topology for the timetree tutorial. |
| mtCDNACalibration.txt | A sample calibration constraints file, used for the timetree tutorial. |
| mtCDNACalibrationDensities.txt | A sample calibration constraints file of calibrations using statistical distributions. See Tao et al. (2020). |
| gene_dup_inference.zip | Data files for the gene duplication inference tutorial (or download them individually below). |
| gene_tree.nwk | A gene tree for the gene duplication inference tutorial. |
| species_tree.nwk | A trusted species tree for the gene duplication inference tutorial. |
| taxa_to_species_map.txt | A sample file for mapping taxon names to species names, for the gene duplication inference tutorial. |
| NeiKumar2000.zip | Example files from the book, Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics, Nei and Kumar (2000) |
| rtdt_alignment.meg | Alignment of temporally sampled data for using RelTime with Dated Tips (RTDT) to estimate times of divergence. |
| rtdt_outgroup.txt | List of outgroup taxa for running the RTDT example. |
| rtdt_sample_times.txt | Tip date calibrations for running the RTDT example. |
| rtdt_tree.nwk | Topology for running the RTDT example. |