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.
DNA is the genetic material, and genes are made of DNA. DNA therefore has two essential functions: replication and expression. 1  Replication means that the DNA, with all its genes, must be copied every time a cell divides.  Expression means that the genes on DNA must control characteristics.