Walter Sutton proves chromosomes hold genetic information.      
August Weissmann states genetic information of a cell
diminishes with each cell division
.
 
Hans Spemann performs
first nuclear transfer experiment.
Hans Spemann proposes
"fantastical experiment"
of cloning higher organisms.
Briggs and King
clone tadpoles.
 
Hans Spemann divides a Salamander embryo in two and shows
early embryo cells retain all the genetic information necessary
to create a new organism.
  Oswald Avery discovers genetic
information is carried by the nucleic
acids of cells.
Watson and Crick find the
structure of DNA.
F.C. Steward grows
whole carrot plants
from carrot root cells.