NEET Biology question

Two different species cannot live for a long duration in exactly the same niche or habitat indefinitely. This law is

(A)Allen's law
(B)Gause's hypothesisCorrect
(C)Dollo's rule
(D)Weismann's theory

Answer: (B)

Solution

This is a direct restatement of Gause's competitive exclusion principle/hypothesis — that two species competing for an identical niche cannot coexist indefinitely, as one will eventually be

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