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State Gause's Competitive Exclusion Principle.

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Gause's Competitive Exclusion Principle states that two species that compete for the exact same resources cannot stably coexist.
One of the two competitors will always have a slight advantage over the other that leads to extinction of the second competitor in the long run. As a consequence, competing related species often evolve distinguishing characteristics in areas where they co-exist.

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