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Is sickle cell anemia dominant recessive x-linked recessive a chromosomal error or a multi-factorial trait?

April 26, 2017anemia CELL chromosomal Error Recessive Sickle trait x-linked

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Is sickle cell anemia dominant recessive x-linked recessive a chromosomal error or a multi-factorial trait?

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Sickle Cell Anemia is a ressesive trait, but it is autosomal, no sex-linked. And it is caused by an error in the gene for hemoglobin, a protein which transports oxygen in the bloodstream.