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In each of the following paragraphs, click on the correct description of the italicized material that follows the letter: fragment or no fragment.
Rene Jules Dobos was well known as a bacteriologist and an environmentalist. ___1___ (fragment/no fragment) Although his early dreams involved athletic achievement, Dubos eventually studied agriculture. The young Dubos found microbiology and chemistry tedious. ___2___ (fragment/no fragment) Because the subjects were explored by students in a laboratory setting. ___3___ (fragment/no fragment) Although Dubos was responsible for the first clinically useful antibiotic, known as gramicidin. He eventually concluded that ecology and not medicine held out the best hope for curing disease.
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