I study how the distribution of conserved structural and regulatory elements of the actomyosin cytoskeleton, on rachis bridges and germ cell comparment membranes affect germ cell structure and oocyte formation. To test whether these protein abundance dynamics represented significant increases and decreases, and how abundance dynamics correlate to germ cell development, we used SiZer (SIgnificant ZERo crossing of the derivatives) statistical analysis to identify germline regions with statistically significant changes in rachis bridge perimeter. Subdividing the germline into distinct regions based on the changes in rachis bridge size allows us to identify significant correlations between change in protein distribution and rachis bridge size. Our observations suggest that regulation of germline architecture and oogenesis rely on a balance of distribution of contractile
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