'hypothesis whereby' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when introducing a hypothesis that is meant to explain a certain phenomenon or behavior. For example: "We discussed a hypothesis whereby the lack of resources was causing tension between the two countries."
He cuts a fascinating figure here: thanks to the brilliant Gaia Hypothesis (whereby the Earth is seen as a self-regulating system, akin to a living organism), he was one of the first intellectuals to embrace what we now know as green thinking, yet he calmly makes the kind of arguments that send many environmentalists over the edge.
We propose a hypothesis whereby similar linear surface rupture movement occurred many times throughout geologic history and formed these features.
The occurrence of these transient T2*-weighted imaging abnormalities after sclerotherapy lends support to the hypothesis whereby endothelin release and microembolization trigger CSD [17].
Here we describe a hypothesis whereby the asthma syndrome is divided into distinct disease entities with specific mechanisms, which we have called "asthma endotypes".
We offer an alternative hypothesis, whereby anti-BACE1 activity may induce apparent hepatotoxicity through inhibiting BACE1's processing of β-galactoside α-2,6-sialyltransferase I (STGal6 I).
And, predation is regarded as a classic example of the "Red Queen" hypothesis whereby prey and predator become faster or more cunning in a self-reinforcing way.
This behavior is consistent with the Self-Medication Hypothesis, whereby individuals, either being overwhelmed with pain, or being numb to their emotions, use substances to allow them to either cope or express suppressed emotions (Khantzian 1997).
It is shown that a simple hypothesis whereby the secretion of extra-cellular matrix (ECM) is oxygen dependent and that ECM itself stimulates cell proliferation is sufficient to explain the experimental data, which under conditions of low oxygen reveals increased total cell proliferation, upregulation of the numbers of undifferentiated cells, and extended lag phase.
One of the hypotheses proposed to explain this relationship is the meat-for-sex hypothesis, whereby men and women exchange meat for mating access [2].
Taken together, these observations led to the direct coupling hypothesis, whereby β modulates α1 gating by direct modulation of IS6 movement [8], [15].
This fits the cal hypothesis whereby a vitamin-D deficiency due to insufficient sunlight in Northern Europe would have been compensated by high levels of lactose assimilation.
