ABSTRACT
In the next three chapters, we will survey the anatomies of the various types of genome that are found on our planet. There are three chapters because there are three types of genome to consider:
Eukaryotic nuclear genomes (this chapter), of which the human genome is the one of greatest interest to us
Genomes of prokaryotes and of eukaryotic organelles (Chapter 8), which we will consider together because eukaryotic organelles are descended from ancient prokaryotes
Viral genomes and mobile genetic elements (Chapter 9), grouped together because some mobile elements are related to viral genomes
