def parse_gff(gff_file):
features = []
with open(gff_file, 'r') as f:
for line in f:
if not line.startswith('#'): # Ignore comment lines
fields = line.strip().split('\t')
feature = {
'seqid': fields[0],
'source': fields[1],
'type': fields[2],
'start': int(fields[3]),
'end': int(fields[4]),
'score': fields[5],
'strand': fields[6],
'phase': fields[7],
'attributes': dict(item.split('=') for item in fields[8].split(';'))
}
features.append(feature)
return features
# Usage example
gff_file = 'example.gff'
parsed_features = parse_gff(gff_file)
for feature in parsed_features:
print(feature)
