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The genetic determinism of prickle in rose is complex, with a major locus on LG3 that controls the absence/presence of prickles on the rose stem. Declarations Author Contributions Contributions NN Zhou designed the projects and obtained funding, planned and performed experiments, collected and analyzed data, and drafted the manuscript. F. Foucher and L. Hibrand-Saint Oyant were responsible for piloting and supervising the project, and for revising the manuscript. KX Tang contributed to designing the project and obtaining funding. J. Jeauffre led the qPCR experiment and analyzed data. T. Thouroude prepared the plant cuttings of F1 individuals in the greenhouse. D. Lopez Arias modified the genetic map and helped to develop the R/qtl script.

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