**What it does**

This tool converts a file in FASTA format containing genomic sequences into a genome information object (GIO) usable by mGene.

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**About formats** 

**FASTA format** A sequence in FASTA format begins with a single-line
description, followed by lines of sequence data. The description line
is distinguished from the sequence data by a greater-than (">") symbol
in the first column. The token until the first space or the end of the 
line is used as identifier for the sequence. The remainer of the 
description line will be ignored.

An example sequence in FASTA format is:

>CHR1

CCCTAAACCCTAAACCCTAAACCCTAAACCTCTGAATCCTTAATCCCTAAATCCCTAAAT
CTTTAAATCCTACATCCATGAATCCCTAAATACCTAATTCCCTAAACCCGAAACCGGTTT
CTCTGGTTGAAAATCATTGTGTATATAATGATAATTTTATCGTTTTTATGTAATTGCTTA
TTGTTGTGTGTAGATTTTTTAAAAATATCATTTGAGGTCAATACAAATCCTATTTCTTGT
GGTTTTCTTTCCTTCACTTAGCTATGGATGGTTTATCTTCATTTGTTATATTGGATACAA
GCTTTGCTACGATCTACATTTGGGAATGTGAGTCTCTTATTGTAACCTTAGGGTTGGTTT
ATCTCAAGAATCTTATTAATTGTTTGGACTGTTTATGTTTGGACATTTATTGTCATTCTT
ACTCCTTTGTGGAAATGTTTGTTCTATCAATTTATCTTTTGTGGGAAAATTATTTAGTTG
TAGGGATGAAGTCTTTCTTCGTTGTTGTTACGCTTGTCATCTCATCTCTCAATGATATGG
GATGGTCCTTTAGCATTTATTCTGAAGTTCTTCTGCTTGATGATTTTATCCTTAGCCAAA
AGGATTGGTGGTTTGAAGACACATCATATCAAAAAAGCTATCGCCTCGACGATGCTCTAT
TTCTATCCTTGTAGCACACATTTTGGCACTCAAAAAAGTATTTTTAGATGTTTGTTTTGC
...

**GIO format** Genome Information Object is an internal format used to
store relevant information about the considered genome (as extracted
from a FASTA file). Includes for example number and length of
chromosomes/contigs. 

