Which of the following statements accurately describes both pleiotropy and polygenic inheritance? a. Polygenic inheritance refers to the cumulative effect of two or more genes on a single trait refers to a single gene that affects a single trait. b. Polygenic inheritance refers to the effect of a single gene on a single trait. c. Pleiotropy refers to a single gene that affects multiple traits ic inheritance refers to the cumulative effect of two or more genes on a single refers to a single gene that affects multiple traits ic inheritance refers to a single gene that affects multiple traits.