"dominant pathway" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a process that is the most commonly accepted or most successful; for example, "Writing has become the dominant pathway to communication in the modern world."
We propose that membrane potential conduction via the mitochondrial reticulum is the dominant pathway for skeletal muscle energy distribution.
Phosphorus export via erosion and leaching was the dominant pathway for P delivery to rivers.
When addressing the reactivity hazards of any reacting system, the dominant pathway(s) should be identified.
Subsurface drainage was the dominant pathway of water loss at each site accounting for 66 96% of total water discharge.
Nye, C. K., Hanson, R. W. & Kalhan, S. C. Glyceroneogenesis Is the Dominant Pathway for Triglyceride Glycerol Synthesis in Vivo in the Rat.
The permeable sandy layer, in which the mean water table elevation is maintained, provided a dominant pathway for contaminant transport.
Our studies revealed that the ErbB3-neuregulin 1 (NRG1) axis is a dominant pathway responsible for hematogenous omental metastasis.
A combination of a temperature spike and electron/hole interactions may be a dominant pathway of DNA damage.
Koglin N. Specific PET Imaging of xC- Transporter Activity Using a 18 F-Labeled Glutamate Derivative Reveals a Dominant Pathway in Tumor Metabolism.
The third pathway, termed the tunneling pathway, is the low-barrier dominant pathway for the conversion between two incompatible helices.
Moreover, an examination of rates for C-O bond fission versus hydrogen abstraction by O2 suggests that the bimolecular process is the dominant pathway.
