title: Historical Genetics: The Parentage of Chardonnay, Gamay, and Other Wine Grapes of Northeastern France.
abstract: The origins of the classic European wine grapes (Vitis vinifera) have been the subject of much speculation. In a search for parental relationships, microsatellite loci were analyzed in more than 300 grape cultivars. Sixteen wine grapes that have long been grown in northeastern France, including 'Chardonnay', 'Gamay noir', 'Aligoté', and 'Melon', have microsatellite genotypes consistent with their being the progeny of a single pair of parents, 'Pinot' and 'Gouais blanc', both of which were widespread in this region in the Middle Ages. Parentage analysis at 32 microsatellite loci provides statistical support for these relationships.
authors.affiliation: Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Unité de Formation et de Recherche de Viticulture, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique, 34060 Montpellier, France. Unité de Recherches de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes-Viticulture, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 34060 Montpellier, France.
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bowers
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Boursiquot
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: This
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meredith