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2 unusual facts about John Abelson


John Abelson

His work has made possible an understanding of how genomic DNA can be converted to both messenger RNA and transfer RNA, particularly when there are introns present in the genome.

He then did a postdoctoral fellowship in biochemistry at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Structural Studies Division, Cambridge, England, where he worked with Sydney Brenner and Francis Crick studying DNA transcription.



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Rockwood Village – Mississauga

When a post office opened in 1862, a post office conflict with Sandhill in Chinguacousy Township, Ontario occurred, so it was renamed Burnhamthorpe Village at the suggestion of John Abelson who hailed from Burnham Thorpe, England.