The answer is four gametes
Actually, the hormone is issued by the gland to go to a certain spot in the body. Like the adrenal glands release the hormone "adrenaline" when you're in a dangerous, or stimulating situation
Ecological balance always require that there must be more producers than the number of consumer. When the equation for ecological balance will be reverse there will be ecological imbalance which is called the disturbances. This will later on cause the scarcity of resource and extinction of one species.