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.
Genes are the fundamental unit of heredity. Their function is to instructs body cells to make proteins and determine everything from hair color to susceptibility to disease. They are composed of DNA designed to carry out a single body function and they are located along the chromosomes.