Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Gause's competitive exclusion principle states that two closely related species competing for different resources cannot co-exist indefinitely.
Statement II: According to Gause's principle, during competition, the inferior one will be eliminated. This may be true if resources are limiting.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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Gause's 'Competitive Exclusion Principle' states that two closely related species competing for the same resources cannot co-exist indefinitely and the competitively inferior one will be eliminated eventually. This may be true if resources are limiting, but not otherwise.
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