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What measures are commonly used for the complexity of an organism?

I'm aware of measures like number of distinct cell types being used as a measurement of complexity in biology, for example in the G-value paradox. But this doesn't really help for unicellular ...
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How can we define complexity in the context of biology? [duplicate]

Can somebody provide a definition of complexity in the context of biology? Is it something of a personal opinion on the side of the user to decide precisely what s/he means by using the word ...
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