diff --git a/example/coffee-test.lst b/example/coffee-test.lst
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-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0003873.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0004990.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0012443.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0002119.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0006115.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0008469.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0003098.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0000863.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0012233.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0012023.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0013682.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0002535.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0014692.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0004934.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0004822.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0003396.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0012550.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0015951.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
-/home/arzwa/coffee/ale-out.1/OG0006133.fasta.nex.treesample.ale
diff --git a/example/coffee.nw b/example/coffee.nw
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-((Ipni:0.3508953908,Soly:0.3508953908):0.0998214576,(Caro:0.34461169438,((Coeu:0.02995347347,CoarE:0.02995347347):0.00904557386,(Coca:0.02650708584,CoarC:0.02650708584):0.0124919615):0.3056126471):0.106105154);
diff --git a/example/wmi-gnesperm.nw b/example/wmi-gnesperm.nw
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-((mpo:4.752,ppa:4.752):0.292,(smo:4.457,(((atr:2.682752,vvi:2.682752):1.145985,((wmi:1.900502,gmo:1.900502):1.335372,(gbi:2.821651,pab:2.821651):0.414222):0.592863):0.343089,(afi:1.080309,scu:1.080309):3.091517):0.28517):0.587);
diff --git a/example/wmi.conf b/example/wmi.conf
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-[wgd]
-seed = gbi,atr   3.90  -1.  # Clark & Donoghue 2017
-gymn = gbi,pab   3.03  -1.  # ?
-gnep = gbi,gmo   3.53  -1.  # ?
-angi = atr,vvi   3.08  -1.  # Clark & Donoghue 2017
-gbil = gbi       2.60  -1.  # Roodt et al. 2016 (slightly older than cycad divergence, ~300)
-salv = afi,scu   2.10  -1   # Li et al. 2018
-pina = pab       1.90  -1.  # Li et al. 2015
-gnet = gmo,wmi   2.19  -1.
-gmma = vvi       1.20  -1.  # Not clear ~ Tiley et al. 2016
-afil = afi       0.70  -1   # Li et al. 2018
-ppat = ppa       0.655 -1.  # Vanneste et al. 2014
-wmir = wmi       0.95  -1.
-gmon = gmo       0.95  -1.
-
-[mcmc]
-# priors
-rates = gbm         # one of iid|gbm
-p_q = 1. 1.         # beta prior on q
-p_λ = 0.15 0.5      # Gamma prior on λ
-p_μ = 0.15 0.5      # Gamma prior on μ
-p_ν = 0.20          # hyperprior on correlation strength in GBM prior
-p_η = 4.0 2.0      # prior on η; single param assumes fixed, two params assumes beta prior
-
-# kernel (if arwalk, no other params should be set)
-kernel = arwalk
-outfile = gnesperm-gbm3.1000.csv
-ngen = 11000
-freq = 1