what information is not contained in DNA?

Answer 1

This is kind of an ambiguous question. The only information that DNA has a direct effect on is transcriptional information to RNA, which is then translated to a protein. The extended effects of protein production from DNA can reach far beyond the cell. Richard Dawkins suggests in his book, The Extended Phenotype, that the indirect effects of a gene can reach even beyond the organism. That is, the target of a gene's manipulation, may or may not rest in the same body of the gene. For examples, take a look at his book. Anyway, the point is that almost all information for a living organism does not lie directly in the DNA code itself, but in environmental factors, both inside the cell and out, as well as both inside the organism and outside of it. DNA merely has significant effects on the responses to the environment in its coding for proteins.

Answer 2

Do you have choices?

DNA only tells how to make proteins - structural proteins, enzymes, and so on.

So if your choices include things like building fats or building carbohydrates, those instructions are not technically in DNA.