Who were the other researchers racing to find the structure of D N A?

In addition to James Watson and Francis Crick, key figures in the race to discover the structure of DNA included Rosalind Franklin, whose X-ray diffraction images provided critical insights, and Maurice Wilkins, who collaborated with her and shared some of her data with Watson and Crick. Linus Pauling was also in the field, working on protein structures, but he did not focus on DNA specifically. Their collective efforts contributed significantly to the understanding of DNA's double helix structure.