The phrase "a former hypothesis" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a hypothesis that was proposed in the past but is no longer considered valid or has been replaced by a new hypothesis.
Example: "The researchers decided to abandon a former hypothesis in favor of a new theory that better explained the data."
Alternatives: "an earlier hypothesis" or "a previous hypothesis".
The recent work of Zhang et al. challenged this dogma, as it was neutral, technology-driven research that was not trying to confirm a former hypothesis [7], [21].
As concerning the interaction of the L12 loop from ERK2 with KNRY motif of PTP-SL it confirms a former hypothesis that the ERK2 catalyzed phosphorylation and the PTP-SL catalyzed dephosphorylation require different conformations of the complex [14].
These results give for the first time a good alternative to the former hypothesis that a phytochrome intermediate formed during photoconversion is the physiologically active phytochrome form [42].
This evidence strengthened the former hypothesis of a location of CI historical quarrying sites close to Casertavecchia.
The former hypothesis suggests a lack of Mer-expressing phagocytes in certain lupus patients, which could be involved in the reported defect in the ability of macrophages from lupus patients to phagocytose apoptotic cells [ 17- 20].
The former hypothesis would imply a bias skewing the results in the same direction in two independent studies using different microarray platforms and a different study design, which is unlikely.
These results suggest that confirm our former hypothesis that thioridazine is a potent inhibitor of PI3K activity.
33, 56, 162, 163 The former hypothesis in itself establishes a debate, as the mechanisms by which leptin achieves its targets in the brain are controversial.
The rapid increase in the proportion of mutated gyrA83 alleles over a few days is more compatible with the former hypothesis.
Should the former hypothesis be true, we would expect a relevant activation of primary somatosensory areas following the NS50, whereas a relevant activation of the parahippocampal gyrus would favor the latter hypothesis, given the well assessed relationship between respiration (and olfactory bulb) and hippocampal activity.
The former hypothesis predicts that all taxa within a region should have equal probabilities of extinction regardless of global distributions while the latter predicts that cosmopolitan genera will have greater survivorship within a region than endemics within the same region.
