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The parentage of the grape varieties, as far as it is known, is given with the respective keywords. Further information can be found under the grape variety keywords (see, for example, Grüner Veltliner and Riesling). Further information on the subject complex can be found under the following keywords:

Flowering - stage in the vegetation cycle
DNA - basis for grape variety determination
Parent-offspring relationship - mother variety and father variety
Crossing - development of new grapevine varieties (main keyword for this topic)
Molecular genetics - structure and function of genetic material
New breeding - development of new grapevine varieties
Vine systematics - taxonomy of the vine
Grapevine variety identification - identifying grapevine varieties
Breeding - different forms of developing new grapevine varieties

A comprehensive list of all grapevine-related keywords can be found under Grapevine.

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