The expression can be traced back to horse racing in the 1700s when goats were used to settle the horses. A young goat. An idiom is a turn of phrase that doesn't make sense when literally translated.
Description: GTF file is a General Feature Format File. The Gene transfer format (GTF) is a file format used to hold information about gene structure. It is a tab-delimited text format based on the general feature format (GFF), but contains some additional conventions specific to gene information.
GTF file. Learn here what the .GTF file is, and what program you need to open or convert the .GTF file. Specifications for the .GTF file format and downloadable sample.