To answer your actual question, even though the seeds may be the same strain there will often be different expressions, even early on. When you see conversations about phenotypes this is what people are talking about. Usually, people are more concerned with things like the buds, but phenotypes can be expressed by just about any part of the plant. On top of that, sometimes even very slight differences can lead to differences.
If you're interested, you can check out my Blue Dream Auto grow that I've got going on right now. The two plants are very different, even though they are both ILGM Blue Dream Auto and were started at exactly the same time with the same growing conditions.