The calculation of information and organismal complexity

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It is difficult to measure precisely the phenotypic complexity of living organisms. Here we propose a method to calculate the minimal amount of genomic information needed to construct organism (effective information) as a measure of...

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Main Authors: Xu Cunshuan, Jiang Yun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-10-01
Series:Biology Direct
Online Access:http://www.biology-direct.com/content/5/1/59