Demosthenes had five triremes and their complements of soldiers as a garrison, and was reinforced by 40 hoplites from a Messenian ship that happened to stop at Pylos.
Individual codons code for specific amino acids. A gene is a sequence of nucleotides along a DNA strand-with 'start' and 'stop' codons and other regulatory elements-that specifies a sequence of amino acids that are linked together to form a protein.
DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid, and it is the carrier of genetic information within a cell. A molecule of DNA consists of two chains that are wrapped around each other. The chains twist to form a double helix in shape. Each chain is made up of repeating subunits called nucleotides that are held together by chemical bonds.