Manage chevron in GFF start and stop #241
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In the GFF files, chevrons ('<' or '>') can be found in the
start
andstop
positions to indicate that a gene starts before the beginning of the contig or extends beyond the end of the contig. This special case was previously handled when parsing GBFF files but not in GFF files.This PR introduces functionality to handle chevrons in GFF files. When chevrons are detected in the
start
orstop
positions, the gene is considered a pseudogene, similar to the behavior implemented for GBFF files.Example of GFF with chevrons: