Monocots have only one seed leaf inside the seed coat. It is often only a thin leaf, because the endosperm to feed the new plant is not inside the seed leaf. Dicots have two seed leaves inside theseed coat. They are usually rounded and fat, because they contain the endosperm to feed the embryo plant. [Credit to: Monocots and Dicots - The seed site]
In each cell, through a process of gene expression, DNA is transcripted into mRNA which are templates used to create different proteins resulting in different functions in your body.