$VAR1 = {
          'gene' => {
                      '1' => {
                               'gene_seq' => {
                                               'startpos' => '5999',
                                               'id' => '1'
                                             },
                               'label' => 'gene_of_interest'
                             },
                      '2' => {
                               'gene_seq' => {
                                               'startpos' => '96819',
                                               'id' => '2'
                                             },
                               'label' => 'Another_gene_of_interest'
                             }
                    }
        };