I would have to agree. Different environments would express different genes in the plant, but also above my pay grade. Either way, we know the plant adapts to its environment over time.
I like to grow the same plant multiple different ways to really get a feel for the plant and specific pheno I want to look for in the progeny. Testers and other grows are real nice too, but you can’t beat seeing in person.
I’ve only finished out one plant like that so far, one in dwc and and a clone in soil, and I had a terp reversal between the two plants. The soil grow was also hairier than my dwc run. High was the exact same at least. Just smell and taste were flip-flopped.