[leonim]

If you are interested in this subject, Carl Zimmer wrote a great book that has all sorts of examples of parasites that control their host: "Parasite Rex: Inside the Bizarre World of Nature's Most Dangerous Creatures"

https://www.amazon.com/Parasite-Rex-Bizarre-Dangerous-Creatu...

[sampo]

The seminal work is the 1982 book "The Extended Phenotype" by Richard Dawkins.