Altruism, Synonymous Sites and Gene Evolution - Professor Laurence Hurst

The Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution, Professor Turi King, talks to Professor Laurence Hurst about his career, his research, and his passion for all things evolution.
00:00 Introduction
00:29 What started your interest in evolution?
02:41 What did you do for your PhD?
05:03 What were your research interests after your PhD?
08:07 Understanding gene expression and it’s implications to gene therapy.
10:19 Synonymous sites, retrogenes and increased GC content.
12:57 Why does higher GC content lead to increased protein expression?
19:26 How would you change the way evolution is taught?
20:49 Why is it so important to learn about evolution?