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Hi R helpers, I was wondering if anybody knows if is possible to generate bootstrap values for a cluster analysis in R. What I am trying to do is obtain some confidence on the clusters formed by resampling the data set. A similar type of analysis is used in molecular taxonomy and the confidence values of each cluster are placed in the nodes of the dendogram. Any ideas on how to do this

I've been comparing variables among objects (taxa) related by known trees, using phylogentically independent contrasts in the ape package, and want to move on to more complex models e.g. by using gls with appropriate correlation terms. My trees contain lots of (hard) polytomies and information about ancestors, which I've been including- creating fully dichotomous trees by using zero branch