DOI
10.1073/pnas.97.9.4463

Summary
The aim of the publication is to intoduce the so called physical complexity as a comparable measure of complexity. The paper carries out a series of computer simulations on organisms considered as “Maxwell demons” and find that indeed the complexity increases as expected and in a manner quite similar to the trends and patterns observed in nature.

Relevance for Complex Systems Knowledge
The paper is interesting for both research and educational aspects. For the former, it is quite interesting the proposal of a measure of complexity usable in genomics. For the latter, it is important to see the state of the art at the beginning of the century, when genomics was moving its first steps.

Point of Strength
Importance of a consensus on the definition of the complexity in genomes. Precise recognition of the different impact of mutation in sexual and asexual organisms.