CREATE TABLE genome (
  id int AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
  start int,
  end int,
  strand varchar(6),
  ...  -- include other fields as needed
  INDEX start,
  INDEX end
  ...  -- index other fields that are often useful in queries
)

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-- assume your current input data record has a "position" value of 8765:

select * from genome where start <= 8765 and end >= 8765