Created by: tgrego
Description
This is an initial backport of the RefSeqCoordinateParser For now it is for testing purposes only (and for diff), please do not merge without extra testing. Some additional performance improvements can be made (swapping foreach with while shift)
Use case
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Benefits
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Testing
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