A team of researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has participated in an international study that has identified a key gene in the formation of prickles in several plant species. The gene is called LOG (LOnely Guy), and its discovery opens the door to the development of new varieties without prickles of crops such as aubergines, blackberries and ornamental plants such as

roses. Their findings are published in Science.

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