General feature format
| Filename extensions | .gff, .gff3 |
|---|---|
| Internet media type | text/gff3 |
| Developed by | Sanger Centre (v2), Sequence Ontology Project (v3) |
| Type of format | Bioinformatics |
| Extended from | Tab-separated values |
| Open format? | yes |
| Website | github |
In bioinformatics, the general feature format (gene-finding format, generic feature format, GFF) is a file format used for describing genes and other features of DNA, RNA and protein sequences.