auto seeds are a cross of ruderalis, which is basically russian ditch weed, with lil to no thc.. auto's flower according to their age, and not the light schedule..
regular seeds, whether feminized or not, need the lighting to switch from say 18 hours of light and 6 hours of darkness to 12 hours of light to 12 hours of darkness to induce flowering..
regular and feminized seeds also come from one of two things, either indica or sativa, indica are shorter, bushier, and give a couch lock, more of a stone.. sativa's are thinner, and thin leaved, and have much longer flowering periods, and the effects are more of a high, clear headed motivational, as opposed to a couch lock stone..