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@article{citeulike:816095, abstract = {To make a case for or against a trend in the evolution of complexity in biological evolution, complexity needs to be both rigorously defined and measurable. A recent information-theoretic (but intuitively evident) definition identifies genomic complexity with the amount of information a sequence stores about its environment. We investigate the evolution of genomic complexity in populations of digital organisms and monitor in detail the evolutionary transitions that increase complexity. We show that, because natural selection forces genomes to behave as a natural \^{a}€œMaxwell Demon,\^{a}€ within a fixed environment, genomic complexity is forced to increase.}, author = {Adami, Christoph and Ofria, Charles and Collier, Travis C.}, citeulike-article-id = {816095}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/97/9/4463.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/97/9/4463.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/97/9/4463}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10781045}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=10781045}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/97/9/4463}, citeulike-linkout-6 = {http://www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/97/9/4463.pdf}, day = {25}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, keywords = {complexity, evolution, informationtheory}, month = {April}, number = {9}, pages = {4463--4468}, posted-at = {2006-08-24 23:33:43}, priority = {3}, title = {Evolution of biological complexity}, url = {http://www.pnas.org/content/97/9/4463.abstract}, volume = {97}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:816095 L3 - citeulike-article-id:816095 N2 - To make a case for or against a trend in the evolution of complexity in biological evolution, complexity needs to be both rigorously defined and measurable. A recent information-theoretic (but intuitively evident) definition identifies genomic complexity with the amount of information a sequence stores about its environment. We investigate the evolution of genomic complexity in populations of digital organisms and monitor in detail the evolutionary transitions that increase complexity. We show that, because natural selection forces genomes to behave as a natural “Maxwell Demon,” within a fixed environment, genomic complexity is forced to increase. IS - 9 JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America EP - 4468 TI - Evolution of biological complexity VL - 97 SP - 4463 KW - complexity KW - evolution KW - informationtheory AU - Adami, Christoph AU - Ofria, Charles AU - Collier, Travis PY - 2000/04/25/ UR - http://www.pnas.org/content/97/9/4463.abstract ER -