- Amotz Zahavi
Infobox_Scientist
name = Amotz Zahavi
image_width = 200px
caption = Amotz Zahavi
birth_date = birth date and age|1928|1|1
birth_place =Petah Tikva ,British Mandate of Palestine
residence = Israel
nationality =Israeli
field =Biology
work_institutions =Tel Aviv University
alma_mater =Tel Aviv University
known_for =Handicap principle Amotz Zahavi (
Hebrew : "אמוץ זהבי") (born 1928) is anIsrael i evolutionary biologist, a Professor Emeritus at theZoology Department ofTel Aviv University , and one of the founders of theIsraeli Society for the Protection of Nature . He studied in particular theArabian Babbler .He received his
Ph.D from Tel Aviv University at 1970, and is best known for hishandicap principle , first published in 1975, which explains theevolution of characteristics, behaviors or structures that appear to reduce fitness and endanger the organism. Evolved bysexual selection , they work as a signal of the status of the organism, functioning to e. g. attract mates.Amotz Zahavi is married to the biologist
Avishag Zahavi .elected publications
*Zahavi, A. (1975) Mate selection - a selection for a handicap. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 53: 205-214.
*Zahavi, A. (1977) The cost of honesty (Further remarks on the handicap principle). Journal of Theoretical Biology. 67: 603-605.
*Zahavi, A. and Zahavi, A. (1997). The handicap principle: a missing piece of Darwin's puzzle. Oxford University Press. Oxford. ISBN 0-19-510035-2External links
[http://www.tau.ac.il/lifesci/departments/zoology/members/zahavi/zahavi.html Professor Amotz Zahavi at Tel Aviv University]
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