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Experimental Invalidation of the Principle of Competitive Exclusion

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It is demonstrated that two species of Drosophila competing for limited resources of food and space can coexist. The principle of competitive exclusion, or “Gause's principle”, is thus rejected.

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AYALA, F. Experimental Invalidation of the Principle of Competitive Exclusion. Nature 224, 1076–1079 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2241076a0

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