The phrase "ability to populate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's or something's capacity to fill or supply data, information, or content in a specific context.
Example: "The software's ability to populate the database with user information automatically saves time and reduces errors."
Alternatives: "capacity to fill" or "capability to supply".
Among Mr. Henderson's gifts is his ability to populate his poems vividly.
However, the ability to populate knowledge bases with facts automatically extracted from documents has improved frustratingly slowly.
The ability to populate these nonnative states and the native conformation reflects an energy landscape that is very sensitive to the solution conditions.
In regards to oligomerization state, eight analogs demonstrated the ability to populate exclusively one oligomerization state in benign buffer (0.1 M KCl, 0.05 M K2PO4 pH 7)).
Although the premise of "The Lady and the Unicorn" superficially resembles that of "Girl With a Pearl Earring," the more important similarity lies in their author's ability to populate a period setting with subtly rendered, surprisingly complex characters.
But given that it is specifically designed for user information, it has some other features that normal lists don't have, such as the ability to populate certain columns from external data sources.
The most recent additions include a new reporting module for department administrators and department chairs, the ability to pre-populate data from previous reviews, and an updated interface for a better user experience.
The combination of increased treatment resistance and ability to re-populate tumours suggest new treatments should target these cells effectively.
We have demonstrated that IdoA is of importance during directed migration, and the ablation of dermatan epimerase 1 that is responsible for generation of IdoA led to delayed ability to re-populate wounded areas (Bartolini et al. 2013).
In the present study, our goals were to determine if MHC matching within an otherwise un-manipulated and healthy neurogenic zone of the hippocampus would alter the ability of transplanted NPCs to populate the endogenous neural stem cell pool and contribute to the ongoing production of neurons.
"As that content begins to populate, the ability to filter Yelp searches by businesses that offer gender-neutral restrooms will start to roll out," Williams explained.
