Yellow seed color is dominant to green seed color. A plant that has homozygous recessive genotype is crossed with a heterozygous plant. What is the probability of the offspring's phenotype?

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Yellow seed color is dominant to green seed color. A plant that has homozygous recessive genotype is crossed with a heterozygous plant. What is the probability of the offspring's phenotype?

A. 75% yellow seeds
B. 50% green seeds
C. 75% green seeds
D. 100% green seeds
E. 100% yellow seeds

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