this is ignored as a comment...
>Man 
1 2 3 4 5 | 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | 13 14 15 | 16 17 |

>Chimp 
1 -4 2 3 5 7 6 8 | -17 -14 -15 -13 -11 -12 -10 16 -9 |
>Horse
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 |
>Cat 
2 1 3 5 4 | 6 7 -11 -9 -10 -8 12 16 | 15 14 -13 17 )
>Dog
13 17 -14 15 )

>Robot
these genes will be ignored, they only occur in this genome gene1 gene2 gene3 4 gene4 | 
//the single "4" results in a distance of 0!

>Rambo
-gene4 gene3 gene2 -gene1 |

//another comment: input can also be written like for the mouse example
>Mouse 
1 
-2 
3 
8 
4 
-5 
6 
//and also mixed syntax in one genome is possible
| 7 9 -10 11 -12 13 14 -15 16 |