Talk:Solid Snake

Solid Snake and Liquid Snake do NOT carry all recessive and dominant genes. They each share a random split of genes so that positional cloning could be used to isolate the soldier gene that Big Boss passed down. By coincidence, Liquid Snake had the soldier gene and Solid didn't. This is why Liquid is referred to as the 'superior one'. Neither one is truly inferior or superior in terms of recessive/dominant genes. It is not possible to exist with only dominant or recessive genes. It is possible that the soldier gene is actually recessive in Big Boss, which is why meme has replaced gene in terms of soldier training.

Before anyone starts blabbering about hair color on the two Snakes, Yoji Shinkawa has confirmed that both Snakes naturally have light brown/medium blonde hair. The differences lie in their memetic backgrounds. Liquid spent his life in the desert, hence the darker complexion Campbell mentions and the lighter hair. Solid Snake dyes his hair darker when in his 'persona' form, according to Yoji. Solid has lighter skin and unbleached hair because of his time spent in Alaska. Yoji pointed out that in MGS2, Plisskin has ligher hair than Solid Snake.