For population 25 years and over in Bethpage: 1  High school or higher: 92.9%. 2  Bachelor's degree or higher: 37.4%. 3  Graduate or professional degree: 13.6%. 4  Unemployed: 2.5%. 5  Mean travel time to work (commute): 31.1 minutes.
DNA, short for deoxyribonucleic acid, is the molecule that contains the genetic code of organisms. This includes animals, plants, protists, archaea and bacteria. DNA is in each cell in the organism and tells cells what proteins to make. Mostly, these proteins are enzymes.
In short, DNA is a long molecule that contains each person's unique genetic code. It holds the instructions for building the proteins that are essential for our bodies to function. DNA instructions are passed from parent to child, with roughly half of a child's DNA originating from the father and half from the mother. The structure of DNA DNA's double helix.