GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Interestingly, a ripe yellow banana appears to glow blue under

Abhi
Does C have the verb "occurs' ; As far as I see, the verb occurs is not part of choice C. So what follows in the second part is not a clause but a phrase,So the issue about dependent and independent clause is not there in C.
In effect C is :Interestingly, a ripe yellow banana appears to glow blue under ultraviolet light, because of the chlorophyll breakdown in the peel as the fruit ripens.
This is a simple sentence with a modifier attached to it and not a complex sentence as you
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