The phrase "abilities were selected" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing the process of choosing or identifying specific skills or talents, often in relation to a study, assessment, or selection process.
Example: "In the experiment, the abilities were selected based on their relevance to the tasks at hand."
Alternatives: "skills were chosen" or "talents were identified."
Children in the age group from 12 to 15 participate in these workshops and they are selected based on the consultations with school directors, teachers, and pedagogues and as explained by Saric, children with leadership abilities are selected so as to convey and transfer knowledge to their friends from school.
Two isolates namely EF-63 and ED-27 having proteolytic, lipolytic and bacteriocin-producing ability were selected.
Four sublines CMT167, 170, 175 and 181 with increased metastatic ability were selected, as described in the accompanying paper (Layton & Franks, 1984).
Two region of interests (ROIs) for each cognitive domain (memory, executive functioning and visuospatial ability) were selected a priori on the basis of presumed predilection sites for WM tract changes (figure 1).
Four different tissue culture sublines CMT167, 170, 175 and 181 with increased metastatic ability were selected from pooled lung metastases by culture, mouse inoculation and reselection from lung metastases through four culture/inoculation cycles.
A 20% subsample using different sampling fractions based on age, centre and cognitive ability were selected for a more detailed diagnostic interview with the full mood and organicity sections of the GMS Automated Geriatric Examination for Computer Assisted Taxonomy AGECATT [ 36]).
The potent bacterium with hyperamylase producing ability was selected for further experimental purposes.
The size, q, of the subset that maximized the predictive ability was selected as the optimum number of marker effects to be used in subsequent analyses.
Similarly, the allelopathic advantages against resident species (AARS) hypothesis expands on the idea of novel weapons, suggesting that novel weapons which increase plant competitive ability are selected for in the invasive range [ 7].
